About block 973,938
Bitcoin block 973,938 was mined by SECPOOL on October 31, 2026 at 6:20 AM UTC, 25 min 13 s after block 973,937. 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 3,982 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.20 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 973,938 is number 211 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,805 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,062 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.