About block 971,857
Bitcoin block 971,857 was mined by MARA Pool on October 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM UTC, 4 min 4 s after block 971,856. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,153 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0166 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1416 BTC for this block.
Block 971,857 is number 146 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,870 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,143 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.