About block 973,983
Bitcoin block 973,983 was mined by SECPOOL on October 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM UTC, 19 min 51 s after block 973,982. 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 3,557 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.18 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0293 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1543 BTC for this block.
Block 973,983 is number 256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,017 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.