About block 973,246
Bitcoin block 973,246 was mined by Unknown on October 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC, 2 min 28 s after block 973,245. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,749 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.08 sat/vB, up from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 973,246 is number 1,535 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 481 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,754 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 259 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.