About block 972,928
Bitcoin block 972,928 was mined by MARA Pool on October 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM UTC, 25 min 44 s after block 972,927. 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 3,554 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.28 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0323 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1573 BTC for this block.
Block 972,928 is number 1,217 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 799 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,072 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 715 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.