About block 969,054
Bitcoin block 969,054 was mined by MARA Pool on September 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC, 6 min 48 s after block 969,053. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,255 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 969,054 is number 1,375 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 641 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,946 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 2,581 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.