About block 973,969
Bitcoin block 973,969 was mined by SpiderPool on October 31, 2026 at 11:13 AM UTC, 15 min 25 s after block 973,968. 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 4,112 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, down from 1.21 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 973,969 is number 242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,031 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.