About block 973,739
Bitcoin block 973,739 was mined by AntPool on October 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM UTC, 4 min 35 s after block 973,738. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,814 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.82 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 973,739 is number 12 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 2,004 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,261 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.