About block 968,215
Bitcoin block 968,215 was mined by MARA Pool on September 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC, 15 min 3 s after block 968,214. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,195 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0187 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1437 BTC for this block.
Block 968,215 is number 536 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,480 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,785 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. MARA Pool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,770 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.