About block 973,867
Bitcoin block 973,867 was mined by AntPool on October 30, 2026 at 7:37 PM UTC, 17 min 24 s after block 973,866. 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 3,440 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, down from 3.17 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0383 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1633 BTC for this block.
Block 973,867 is number 140 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,876 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,133 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.