About block 973,678
Bitcoin block 973,678 was mined by Foundry USA on October 29, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC, 7 min 5 s after block 973,677. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,996 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 973,678 is number 1,967 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 49 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,322 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. Foundry USA found 266 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.