About block 973,358
Bitcoin block 973,358 was mined by SpiderPool on October 27, 2026 at 6:35 AM UTC, 12 min 59 s after block 973,357. 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 3,478 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 973,358 is number 1,647 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 369 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,642 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. SpiderPool found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 111 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.