About block 973,913
Bitcoin block 973,913 was mined by SECPOOL on October 31, 2026 at 2:20 AM UTC, 2 min 7 s after block 973,912. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,425 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0035 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1285 BTC for this block.
Block 973,913 is number 186 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,830 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,087 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.