About block 968,665
Bitcoin block 968,665 was mined by MARA Pool on September 26, 2026 at 9:25 AM UTC, 25 min 31 s after block 968,664. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,543 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0359 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1609 BTC for this block.
Block 968,665 is number 986 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,030 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,335 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,126 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.