About block 973,463
Bitcoin block 973,463 was mined by AntPool on October 27, 2026 at 9:50 PM UTC, 6 min 12 s after block 973,462. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,278 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, down from 1.92 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 973,463 is number 1,752 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 264 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,537 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 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.