About block 973,976
Bitcoin block 973,976 was mined by AntPool on October 31, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC, 5 min 58 s after block 973,975. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,017 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 973,976 is number 249 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,767 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,024 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2 confirmations.