About block 970,218
Bitcoin block 970,218 was mined by MARA Pool on October 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM UTC, 6 min 41 s after block 970,217. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,181 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0130 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1380 BTC for this block.
Block 970,218 is number 523 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,493 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,782 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 1,379 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.