About block 973,912
Bitcoin block 973,912 was mined by AntPool on October 31, 2026 at 2:18 AM UTC, 23 min 53 s after block 973,911. 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 3,329 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 973,912 is number 185 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,831 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,088 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. AntPool found 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.