About block 973,339
Bitcoin block 973,339 was mined by AntPool on October 27, 2026 at 4:09 AM UTC, 13 min 6 s after block 973,338. 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 4,649 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.51 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 973,339 is number 1,628 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 388 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,661 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 130 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.