About block 973,386
Bitcoin block 973,386 was mined by OCEAN on October 27, 2026 at 11:14 AM UTC, 7 min 12 s after block 973,385. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,329 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 973,386 is number 1,675 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 341 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,614 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. OCEAN found 31 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 83 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.