About block 973,129
Bitcoin block 973,129 was mined by ViaBTC on October 25, 2026 at 9:20 PM UTC, 10 min 28 s after block 973,128. 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 6,426 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0114 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1364 BTC for this block.
Block 973,129 is number 1,418 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 598 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,871 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 440 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.