About block 973,438
Bitcoin block 973,438 was mined by SpiderPool on October 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM UTC, 5 min 31 s after block 973,437. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,014 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 973,438 is number 1,727 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 289 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,562 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 31 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.