About block 971,842
Bitcoin block 971,842 was mined by MARA Pool on October 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC, 7 min 38 s after block 971,841. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,008 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.37 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 971,842 is number 131 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,885 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,158 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 18 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.