About block 973,751
Bitcoin block 973,751 was mined by AntPool on October 29, 2026 at 11:55 PM UTC, 38 min 21 s after block 973,750. 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 3,522 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.67 sat/vB, up from 3.84 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0626 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1876 BTC for this block.
Block 973,751 is number 24 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,992 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,249 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.