About block 973,890
Bitcoin block 973,890 was mined by MARA Pool on October 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM UTC, 7 min 37 s after block 973,889. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,993 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 973,890 is number 163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,110 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 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.