About block 971,238
Bitcoin block 971,238 was mined by MARA Pool on October 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC, 8 min 20 s after block 971,237. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,042 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 971,238 is number 1,543 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 473 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,762 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 354 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.