About block 973,729
Bitcoin block 973,729 was mined by Foundry USA on October 29, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC, 9 min 6 s after block 973,728. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,424 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 3.60 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0385 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1635 BTC for this block.
Block 973,729 is number 2 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 2,014 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,271 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 263 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.