About block 973,053
Bitcoin block 973,053 was mined by AntPool on October 25, 2026 at 9:48 AM UTC, 11 min 22 s after block 973,052. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 5,120 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.69 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 973,053 is number 1,342 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 674 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,947 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. AntPool found 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 536 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.