About block 970,195
Bitcoin block 970,195 was mined by MARA Pool on October 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM UTC, 2 min 45 s after block 970,194. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 13 transactions in 3.98 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, 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 970,195 is number 500 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,516 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,805 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 1,397 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.