About block 973,873
Bitcoin block 973,873 was mined by ViaBTC on October 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTC, 3 min 36 s after block 973,872. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,699 transactions in 3.01 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.31 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 973,873 is number 146 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,870 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,127 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. ViaBTC found 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.