About block 973,990
Bitcoin block 973,990 was mined by SpiderPool on October 31, 2026 at 3:12 PM UTC, 1 min 43 s after block 973,989. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,201 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 973,990 is number 263 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,753 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,010 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.