About block 973,395
Bitcoin block 973,395 was mined by AntPool on October 27, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTC, 3 min 59 s after block 973,394. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,936 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 973,395 is number 1,684 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 332 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,605 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 74 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.