About block 968,352
Bitcoin block 968,352 was mined by MARA Pool on September 24, 2026 at 4:34 AM UTC, 39 seconds after block 968,351. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 18 transactions in 3.99 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 968,352 is number 673 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,343 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,648 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 3,578 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.