About block 973,586
Bitcoin block 973,586 was mined by AntPool on October 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC, 4 min 48 s after block 973,585. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,732 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.10 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 973,586 is number 1,875 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 141 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,414 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.