About block 973,752
Bitcoin block 973,752 was mined by AntPool on October 30, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC, 11 min 18 s after block 973,751. 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 3,530 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.49 sat/vB, down from 4.67 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0461 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1711 BTC for this block.
Block 973,752 is number 25 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,991 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,248 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 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.