About block 973,957
Bitcoin block 973,957 was mined by AntPool on October 31, 2026 at 9:24 AM UTC, 12 min 20 s after block 973,956. 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 2,973 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 973,957 is number 230 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,786 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,043 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.