About block 973,662
Bitcoin block 973,662 was mined by BTC.com on October 29, 2026 at 8:01 AM UTC, 14 min 50 s after block 973,661. 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 1,326 transactions in 0.80 MB (44.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.45 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 973,662 is number 1,951 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 65 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,338 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. BTC.com found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.