About block 971,396
Bitcoin block 971,396 was mined by MARA Pool on October 14, 2026 at 11:39 AM UTC, 6 min 58 s after block 971,395. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,229 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 971,396 is number 1,701 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 315 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,604 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 196 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.