About block 973,683
Bitcoin block 973,683 was mined by SpiderPool on October 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM UTC, 41 min 47 s after block 973,682. 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 4,025 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0439 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1689 BTC for this block.
Block 973,683 is number 1,972 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 44 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,317 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.