About block 970,794
Bitcoin block 970,794 was mined by MARA Pool on October 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC, 3 min 17 s after block 970,793. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,169 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 970,794 is number 1,099 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 917 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,206 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 803 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.