# Block 972,498

- **Hash**: `00000000000000000001bfd856554875d44cbfc447e5a72090489fcb75220b97`
- **Time**: 2026-10-21T15:45:51+00:00
- **Transactions**: 5,951
- **Size**: 1,720,114 bytes
- **Weight**: 3,994,771 WU
- **Difficulty**: 140,577,680,051,920
- **Bits**: `17020093`
- **Nonce**: 2,151,258,425
- **Version**: 537919488
- **Merkle Root**: `c23bdb0e20d9845186cd7b7566e33e1c55ec32ad45544068b845a0d046ebdd99`
- **Next Block Hash**: `0000000000000000000186ec8f08ab2931bbe7dcd92123944e3ffe0a56a8be57`

## Miner

- **Mining Pool**: [MARA Pool](https://marapool.com)
- **Miner Tag**: `"j| MARA Made in USA  |v05=`

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