About block 973,572
Bitcoin block 973,572 was mined by SECPOOL on October 28, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC, 13 min 13 s after block 973,571. 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 3,371 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, down from 3.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 973,572 is number 1,861 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 155 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,428 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.