About block 971,203
Bitcoin block 971,203 was mined by MARA Pool on October 13, 2026 at 6:38 AM UTC, 15 min 0 s after block 971,202. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,316 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 971,203 is number 1,508 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 508 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,797 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 389 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.