About block 971,957
Bitcoin block 971,957 was mined by MARA Pool on October 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM UTC, 2 min 46 s after block 971,956. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,154 transactions in 1.35 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, down from 2.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 971,957 is number 246 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,770 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,043 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.