About block 968,851
Bitcoin block 968,851 was mined by MARA Pool on September 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM UTC, 42 min 36 s after block 968,850. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,225 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0502 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1752 BTC for this block.
Block 968,851 is number 1,172 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 844 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,149 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 2,864 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.