About block 973,984
Bitcoin block 973,984 was mined by ViaBTC on October 31, 2026 at 2:51 PM UTC, 6 min 10 s after block 973,983. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,616 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, down from 2.18 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 973,984 is number 257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,016 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.