About block 973,888
Bitcoin block 973,888 was mined by SpiderPool on October 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM UTC, 50 seconds after block 973,887. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,770 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0022 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1272 BTC for this block.
Block 973,888 is number 161 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,855 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,112 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.