About block 969,356
Bitcoin block 969,356 was mined by MARA Pool on September 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM UTC, 13 min 13 s after block 969,355. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,748 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0425 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1675 BTC for this block.
Block 969,356 is number 1,677 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 339 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,644 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 2,236 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.