About block 971,406
Bitcoin block 971,406 was mined by MARA Pool on October 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC, 11 min 15 s after block 971,405. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,606 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 971,406 is number 1,711 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 305 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,594 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 186 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.