About block 973,724
Bitcoin block 973,724 was mined by AntPool on October 29, 2026 at 5:54 PM UTC, 11 min 41 s after block 973,723. 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 4,863 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 973,724 is number 2,013 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 3 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,276 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.