About block 968,531
Bitcoin block 968,531 was mined by MARA Pool on September 25, 2026 at 9:25 AM UTC, 14 min 11 s after block 968,530. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,228 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0383 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1633 BTC for this block.
Block 968,531 is number 852 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,164 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,469 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,320 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.