About block 973,722
Bitcoin block 973,722 was mined by MARA Pool on October 29, 2026 at 5:36 PM UTC, 1 min 54 s after block 973,721. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,422 transactions in 2.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.09 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0023 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1273 BTC for this block.
Block 973,722 is number 2,011 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 5 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,278 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.