About block 972,916
Bitcoin block 972,916 was mined by MARA Pool on October 24, 2026 at 11:29 AM UTC, 10 min 19 s after block 972,915. 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 6,028 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.19 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0114 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1364 BTC for this block.
Block 972,916 is number 1,205 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 811 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,084 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 735 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.