About block 973,550
Bitcoin block 973,550 was mined by MARA Pool on October 28, 2026 at 12:23 PM UTC, 7 min 56 s after block 973,549. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,100 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 973,550 is number 1,839 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 177 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,450 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.