About block 969,289
Bitcoin block 969,289 was mined by MARA Pool on September 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM UTC, 11 min 13 s after block 969,288. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,778 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 969,289 is number 1,610 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 406 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,711 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 2,308 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.