About block 973,704
Bitcoin block 973,704 was mined by OCEAN on October 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM UTC, 9 min 49 s after block 973,703. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,387 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, down from 2.49 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0240 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1490 BTC for this block.
Block 973,704 is number 1,993 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 23 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,296 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 34 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.