About block 971,673
Bitcoin block 971,673 was mined by MARA Pool on October 16, 2026 at 5:56 AM UTC, 13 min 24 s after block 971,672. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,235 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 971,673 is number 1,978 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 38 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,327 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.