About block 973,790
Bitcoin block 973,790 was mined by AntPool on October 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM UTC, 46 min 47 s after block 973,789. 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 3,686 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0555 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1805 BTC for this block.
Block 973,790 is number 63 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,953 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,210 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 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.