About block 969,310
Bitcoin block 969,310 was mined by MARA Pool on September 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM UTC, 13 min 15 s after block 969,309. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,570 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0604 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1854 BTC for this block.
Block 969,310 is number 1,631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,690 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 2,287 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.