About block 973,348
Bitcoin block 973,348 was mined by ViaBTC on October 27, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC, 3 min 3 s after block 973,347. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,050 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0032 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1282 BTC for this block.
Block 973,348 is number 1,637 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 379 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,652 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 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.