About block 973,673
Bitcoin block 973,673 was mined by SpiderPool on October 29, 2026 at 9:43 AM UTC, 5 min 19 s after block 973,672. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 675 transactions in 1.33 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 973,673 is number 1,962 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 54 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,327 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.