About block 973,558
Bitcoin block 973,558 was mined by SECPOOL on October 28, 2026 at 1:26 PM UTC, 10 min 1 s after block 973,557. 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 4,346 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.10 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0246 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1496 BTC for this block.
Block 973,558 is number 1,847 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 169 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,442 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.