About block 973,518
Bitcoin block 973,518 was mined by SECPOOL on October 28, 2026 at 7:53 AM UTC, 1 min 6 s after block 973,517. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 551 transactions in 3.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0029 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1279 BTC for this block.
Block 973,518 is number 1,807 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 209 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,482 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.