About block 973,858
Bitcoin block 973,858 was mined by AntPool on October 30, 2026 at 6:24 PM UTC, 14 min 48 s after block 973,857. 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 3,393 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.27 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 973,858 is number 131 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,885 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,142 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 210 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.