About block 971,683
Bitcoin block 971,683 was mined by MARA Pool on October 16, 2026 at 7:13 AM UTC, 9 min 44 s after block 971,682. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,596 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.39 sat/vB, up from 0.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 971,683 is number 1,988 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 28 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,317 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 3 confirmations.