About block 973,487
Bitcoin block 973,487 was mined by ViaBTC on October 28, 2026 at 2:45 AM UTC, 17 min 30 s after block 973,486. 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 2,845 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.09 sat/vB, down from 1.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 973,487 is number 1,776 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 240 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,513 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. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.