About block 973,785
Bitcoin block 973,785 was mined by ViaBTC on October 30, 2026 at 7:04 AM UTC, 30 min 17 s after block 973,784. 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 3,751 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.49 sat/vB, up from 2.17 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0429 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1679 BTC for this block.
Block 973,785 is number 58 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,958 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,215 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.