About block 973,359
Bitcoin block 973,359 was mined by SECPOOL on October 27, 2026 at 6:38 AM UTC, 2 min 49 s after block 973,358. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,560 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0048 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1298 BTC for this block.
Block 973,359 is number 1,648 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 368 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,641 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 110 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.