About block 973,849
Bitcoin block 973,849 was mined by AntPool on October 30, 2026 at 4:39 PM UTC, 4 min 10 s after block 973,848. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,196 transactions in 1.37 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, down from 2.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 973,849 is number 122 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,894 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,151 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.