About block 969,444
Bitcoin block 969,444 was mined by MARA Pool on October 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC, 3 min 47 s after block 969,443. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,606 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0352 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1602 BTC for this block.
Block 969,444 is number 1,765 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 251 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,556 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 2,148 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.