About block 973,444
Bitcoin block 973,444 was mined by AntPool on October 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM UTC, 3 min 38 s after block 973,443. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,486 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.57 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 973,444 is number 1,733 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 283 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,556 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.