About block 972,844
Bitcoin block 972,844 was mined by MARA Pool on October 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 972,843. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,069 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0037 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1287 BTC for this block.
Block 972,844 is number 1,133 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 883 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,156 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 828 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.