About block 971,894
Bitcoin block 971,894 was mined by MARA Pool on October 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM UTC, 21 min 0 s after block 971,893. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,683 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0260 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1510 BTC for this block.
Block 971,894 is number 183 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,833 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,106 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.