About block 970,297
Bitcoin block 970,297 was mined by MARA Pool on October 7, 2026 at 5:41 AM UTC, 20 min 32 s after block 970,296. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,103 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 970,297 is number 602 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,414 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,703 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 1,300 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.