About block 968,822
Bitcoin block 968,822 was mined by MARA Pool on September 27, 2026 at 9:50 AM UTC, 34 min 42 s after block 968,821. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,675 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0293 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1543 BTC for this block.
Block 968,822 is number 1,143 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 873 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,178 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 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,902 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.