About block 971,081
Bitcoin block 971,081 was mined by MARA Pool on October 12, 2026 at 10:33 AM UTC, 30 min 54 s after block 971,080. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,371 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 971,081 is number 1,386 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 630 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,919 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 516 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.