About block 973,749
Bitcoin block 973,749 was mined by ViaBTC on October 29, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC, 26 min 35 s after block 973,748. 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 3,812 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.47 sat/vB, up from 2.31 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0508 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1758 BTC for this block.
Block 973,749 is number 22 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,251 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. ViaBTC found 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.