About block 973,746
Bitcoin block 973,746 was mined by SpiderPool on October 29, 2026 at 9:31 PM UTC, 2 min 51 s after block 973,745. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,124 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 973,746 is number 19 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,997 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,254 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.