About block 969,196
Bitcoin block 969,196 was mined by MARA Pool on September 29, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC, 10 min 22 s after block 969,195. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,032 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0410 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1660 BTC for this block.
Block 969,196 is number 1,517 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 499 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,804 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 2,401 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.