About block 973,488
Bitcoin block 973,488 was mined by OCEAN on October 28, 2026 at 3:05 AM UTC, 19 min 14 s after block 973,487. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,894 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 1.09 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 973,488 is number 1,777 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 239 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,512 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 32 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.