About block 973,236
Bitcoin block 973,236 was mined by SpiderPool on October 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC, 18 min 58 s after block 973,235. 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 3,797 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.52 sat/vB, up from 0.13 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 973,236 is number 1,525 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 491 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,764 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 275 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.