About block 968,468
Bitcoin block 968,468 was mined by MARA Pool on September 24, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC, 13 min 12 s after block 968,467. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,350 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 968,468 is number 789 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,227 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,532 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,415 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.