About block 973,953
Bitcoin block 973,953 was mined by MARA Pool on October 31, 2026 at 8:19 AM UTC, 8 min 38 s after block 973,952. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,544 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 973,953 is number 226 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,790 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,047 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.