About block 973,846
Bitcoin block 973,846 was mined by MARA Pool on October 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 973,845. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,727 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.20 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 973,846 is number 119 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,897 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,154 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.