About block 973,832
Bitcoin block 973,832 was mined by AntPool on October 30, 2026 at 2:46 PM UTC, 6 min 45 s after block 973,831. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,609 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 7.41 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0615 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1865 BTC for this block.
Block 973,832 is number 105 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,911 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,168 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.