About block 969,958
Bitcoin block 969,958 was mined by MARA Pool on October 5, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC, 5 min 21 s after block 969,957. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 29 transactions in 3.98 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 969,958 is number 263 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,753 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,042 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 1,634 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.