About block 971,823
Bitcoin block 971,823 was mined by MARA Pool on October 17, 2026 at 6:54 AM UTC, 7 min 24 s after block 971,822. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,011 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.33 sat/vB, up from 0.32 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 971,823 is number 112 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,904 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,177 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.