About block 973,597
Bitcoin block 973,597 was mined by OCEAN on October 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM UTC, 5 min 20 s after block 973,596. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,894 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.35 sat/vB, down from 2.19 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, OCEAN earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 973,597 is number 1,886 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 130 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,403 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. OCEAN found 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.