About block 973,837
Bitcoin block 973,837 was mined by MARA Pool on October 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM UTC, 2 min 18 s after block 973,836. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,078 transactions in 2.03 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.03 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0362 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1612 BTC for this block.
Block 973,837 is number 110 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,906 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,163 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.