About block 973,618
Bitcoin block 973,618 was mined by ViaBTC on October 29, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC, 16 min 15 s after block 973,617. 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 3,321 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.19 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 973,618 is number 1,907 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 109 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,382 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.