About block 973,965
Bitcoin block 973,965 was mined by ViaBTC on October 31, 2026 at 10:26 AM UTC, 18 min 14 s after block 973,964. 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 3,050 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 973,965 is number 238 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,778 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,035 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. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.