About block 973,692
Bitcoin block 973,692 was mined by Foundry USA on October 29, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC, 13 min 54 s after block 973,691. 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 3,866 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.61 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0209 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1459 BTC for this block.
Block 973,692 is number 1,981 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 35 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,308 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 268 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2 confirmations.