About block 973,202
Bitcoin block 973,202 was mined by SpiderPool on October 26, 2026 at 6:34 AM UTC, 2 min 25 s after block 973,201. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,036 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0037 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1287 BTC for this block.
Block 973,202 is number 1,491 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 525 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,798 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 324 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.