About block 968,701
Bitcoin block 968,701 was mined by MARA Pool on September 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM UTC, 28 min 9 s after block 968,700. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,129 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0360 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1610 BTC for this block.
Block 968,701 is number 1,022 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,299 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,077 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.