About block 973,204
Bitcoin block 973,204 was mined by Binance Pool on October 26, 2026 at 6:55 AM UTC, 15 min 35 s after block 973,203. 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 1,818 transactions in 1.06 MB (72.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 973,204 is number 1,493 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 523 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,796 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. Binance Pool found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 320 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.