About block 971,938
Bitcoin block 971,938 was mined by MARA Pool on October 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM UTC, 19 min 1 s after block 971,937. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,904 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.44 sat/vB, up from 0.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 971,938 is number 227 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,789 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,062 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.