About block 971,583
Bitcoin block 971,583 was mined by MARA Pool on October 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM UTC, 15 min 28 s after block 971,582. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,276 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.07 sat/vB, up from 0.40 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0315 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1565 BTC for this block.
Block 971,583 is number 1,888 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 128 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,417 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.