About block 973,987
Bitcoin block 973,987 was mined by ViaBTC on October 31, 2026 at 3:05 PM UTC, 4 min 29 s after block 973,986. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,029 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.38 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 973,987 is number 260 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,756 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,013 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.