About block 969,074
Bitcoin block 969,074 was mined by MARA Pool on September 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM UTC, 13 min 21 s after block 969,073. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,724 transactions in 1.71 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 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 969,074 is number 1,395 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 621 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,926 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 2,555 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.