About block 968,920
Bitcoin block 968,920 was mined by MARA Pool on September 28, 2026 at 1:58 AM UTC, 10 min 42 s after block 968,919. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,359 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 968,920 is number 1,241 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 775 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,080 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 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,768 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.