About block 973,755
Bitcoin block 973,755 was mined by SpiderPool on October 30, 2026 at 12:30 AM UTC, 8 min 41 s after block 973,754. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,659 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.40 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 973,755 is number 28 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,988 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,245 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 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.