About block 973,818
Bitcoin block 973,818 was mined by AntPool on October 30, 2026 at 11:43 AM UTC, 10 min 15 s after block 973,817. 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 3,748 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 973,818 is number 91 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,925 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,182 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.