About block 973,595
Bitcoin block 973,595 was mined by AntPool on October 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC, 18 min 23 s after block 973,594. 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 3,452 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.40 sat/vB, up from 2.34 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0346 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1596 BTC for this block.
Block 973,595 is number 1,884 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 132 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,405 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.