About block 973,732
Bitcoin block 973,732 was mined by BTC.com on October 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM UTC, 24 min 34 s after block 973,731. 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 3,898 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.82 sat/vB, up from 2.04 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0502 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1752 BTC for this block.
Block 973,732 is number 5 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 2,011 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,268 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 14 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.