About block 973,126
Bitcoin block 973,126 was mined by ViaBTC on October 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM UTC, 4 min 25 s after block 973,125. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,309 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 973,126 is number 1,415 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 601 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,874 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 444 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.