About block 973,342
Bitcoin block 973,342 was mined by SECPOOL on October 27, 2026 at 4:23 AM UTC, 4 min 38 s after block 973,341. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,970 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0082 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1332 BTC for this block.
Block 973,342 is number 1,631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,658 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 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 127 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.