About block 973,097
Bitcoin block 973,097 was mined by ViaBTC on October 25, 2026 at 4:52 PM UTC, 11 min 33 s after block 973,096. 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 4,123 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.17 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 973,097 is number 1,386 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 630 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,903 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 479 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.