About block 972,304
Bitcoin block 972,304 was mined by MARA Pool on October 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC, 53 min 59 s after block 972,303. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,049 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0640 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1890 BTC for this block.
Block 972,304 is number 593 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,423 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,696 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.