About block 973,789
Bitcoin block 973,789 was mined by SpiderPool on October 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM UTC, 8 min 31 s after block 973,788. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,935 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.30 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 973,789 is number 62 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,954 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,211 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.