About block 973,244
Bitcoin block 973,244 was mined by ViaBTC on October 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM UTC, 9 min 21 s after block 973,243. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,979 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 973,244 is number 1,533 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 483 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,756 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. ViaBTC found 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 261 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.