About block 973,579
Bitcoin block 973,579 was mined by SECPOOL on October 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM UTC, 17 min 39 s after block 973,578. 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 4,063 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.27 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0678 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1928 BTC for this block.
Block 973,579 is number 1,868 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 148 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,421 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 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.