About block 968,300
Bitcoin block 968,300 was mined by MARA Pool on September 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTC, 9 min 12 s after block 968,299. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,850 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 968,300 is number 621 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,395 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,700 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 3,651 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.