About block 969,757
Bitcoin block 969,757 was mined by MARA Pool on October 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM UTC, 13 min 40 s after block 969,756. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,668 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0526 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1776 BTC for this block.
Block 969,757 is number 62 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,954 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,243 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 1,840 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.