About block 968,786
Bitcoin block 968,786 was mined by MARA Pool on September 27, 2026 at 5:50 AM UTC, 13 min 50 s after block 968,785. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,221 transactions in 1.50 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 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 968,786 is number 1,107 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 909 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,214 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 61 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,956 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.