About block 973,738
Bitcoin block 973,738 was mined by SpiderPool on October 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM UTC, 14 min 14 s after block 973,737. 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 5,941 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 973,738 is number 11 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 2,005 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,262 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.