About block 969,260
Bitcoin block 969,260 was mined by MARA Pool on September 30, 2026 at 4:55 AM UTC, 17 min 2 s after block 969,259. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,096 transactions in 1.25 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0264 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1514 BTC for this block.
Block 969,260 is number 1,581 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 435 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,740 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 2,337 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.