About block 969,919
Bitcoin block 969,919 was mined by MARA Pool on October 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM UTC, 2 min 8 s after block 969,918. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 24 transactions in 3.99 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 969,919 is number 224 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,792 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,081 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 1,673 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.