About block 969,214
Bitcoin block 969,214 was mined by MARA Pool on September 29, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC, 14 min 24 s after block 969,213. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,237 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0251 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1501 BTC for this block.
Block 969,214 is number 1,535 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 481 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,786 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 2,378 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.