About block 971,664
Bitcoin block 971,664 was mined by MARA Pool on October 16, 2026 at 4:20 AM UTC, 1 min 50 s after block 971,663. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,661 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.27 sat/vB, down from 0.32 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0034 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1284 BTC for this block.
Block 971,664 is number 1,969 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 47 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,336 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 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.