About block 973,866
Bitcoin block 973,866 was mined by MARA Pool on October 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM UTC, 6 min 57 s after block 973,865. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,224 transactions in 2.48 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.17 sat/vB, up from 2.40 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0314 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1564 BTC for this block.
Block 973,866 is number 139 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,877 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,134 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 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.