About block 973,479
Bitcoin block 973,479 was mined by ViaBTC on October 28, 2026 at 1:31 AM UTC, 25 min 23 s after block 973,478. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,432 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 973,479 is number 1,768 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 248 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,521 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.