About block 973,459
Bitcoin block 973,459 was mined by SpiderPool on October 27, 2026 at 9:19 PM UTC, 5 min 18 s after block 973,458. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,373 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0074 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1324 BTC for this block.
Block 973,459 is number 1,748 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 268 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,541 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 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.