About block 973,531
Bitcoin block 973,531 was mined by AntPool on October 28, 2026 at 9:29 AM UTC, 8 min 49 s after block 973,530. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,307 transactions in 2.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 973,531 is number 1,820 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 196 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,469 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.