About block 973,865
Bitcoin block 973,865 was mined by SpiderPool on October 30, 2026 at 7:13 PM UTC, 14 min 17 s after block 973,864. 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 3,491 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.40 sat/vB, up from 0.97 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0333 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1583 BTC for this block.
Block 973,865 is number 138 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,878 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,135 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.