About block 973,578
Bitcoin block 973,578 was mined by MARA Pool on October 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM UTC, 43 min 53 s after block 973,577. 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 3,515 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.27 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0906 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2156 BTC for this block.
Block 973,578 is number 1,867 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 149 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,422 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.