About block 972,438
Bitcoin block 972,438 was mined by MARA Pool on October 21, 2026 at 7:37 AM UTC, 20 min 54 s after block 972,437. 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 3,593 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.99 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0274 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1524 BTC for this block.
Block 972,438 is number 727 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,289 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,562 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 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.