About block 973,232
Bitcoin block 973,232 was mined by SpiderPool on October 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC, 17 min 21 s after block 973,231. 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 3,143 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, down from 1.51 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 973,232 is number 1,521 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 495 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,768 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 279 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.