About block 969,365
Bitcoin block 969,365 was mined by MARA Pool on September 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC, 11 min 24 s after block 969,364. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,924 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 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 969,365 is number 1,686 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 330 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,635 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 2,232 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.