About block 973,425
Bitcoin block 973,425 was mined by ViaBTC on October 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC, 6 min 2 s after block 973,424. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,755 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 973,425 is number 1,714 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 302 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,575 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. ViaBTC found 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 44 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.