About block 969,622
Bitcoin block 969,622 was mined by MARA Pool on October 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC, 60 min 47 s after block 969,621. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,879 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2381 BTC for this block.
Block 969,622 is number 1,943 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 73 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,378 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 1,975 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.