About block 973,973
Bitcoin block 973,973 was mined by ViaBTC on October 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM UTC, 15 min 46 s after block 973,972. 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 3,893 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.10 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 973,973 is number 246 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,770 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,027 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 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.