About block 973,311
Bitcoin block 973,311 was mined by SECPOOL on October 26, 2026 at 11:53 PM UTC, 10 min 39 s after block 973,310. 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 6,124 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 973,311 is number 1,600 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 416 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,689 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 163 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.