About block 973,730
Bitcoin block 973,730 was mined by MARA Pool on October 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM UTC, 31 min 49 s after block 973,729. 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 3,840 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.21 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0920 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2170 BTC for this block.
Block 973,730 is number 3 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 2,013 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,270 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.