About block 971,497
Bitcoin block 971,497 was mined by MARA Pool on October 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM UTC, 38 min 7 s after block 971,496. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,086 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.1923 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.3173 BTC for this block.
Block 971,497 is number 1,802 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 214 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,503 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 95 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.