About block 973,555
Bitcoin block 973,555 was mined by SpiderPool on October 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM UTC, 16 min 42 s after block 973,554. 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 3,969 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.37 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0250 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1500 BTC for this block.
Block 973,555 is number 1,844 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 172 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,445 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.