About block 973,679
Bitcoin block 973,679 was mined by SpiderPool on October 29, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC, 12 min 58 s after block 973,678. 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 2,328 transactions in 1.37 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 973,679 is number 1,968 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 48 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,321 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 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.