About block 968,229
Bitcoin block 968,229 was mined by MARA Pool on September 23, 2026 at 5:50 AM UTC, 25 min 47 s after block 968,228. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,861 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0259 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1509 BTC for this block.
Block 968,229 is number 550 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,466 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,771 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,750 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.