About block 971,157
Bitcoin block 971,157 was mined by MARA Pool on October 12, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC, 22 min 45 s after block 971,156. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,798 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0268 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1518 BTC for this block.
Block 971,157 is number 1,462 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 554 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,843 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 435 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.