About block 973,203
Bitcoin block 973,203 was mined by AntPool on October 26, 2026 at 6:40 AM UTC, 6 min 10 s after block 973,202. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,146 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0083 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1333 BTC for this block.
Block 973,203 is number 1,492 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 524 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,797 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 321 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.