About block 973,748
Bitcoin block 973,748 was mined by Foundry USA on October 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM UTC, 4 min 22 s after block 973,747. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,915 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.31 sat/vB, down from 4.22 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0300 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1550 BTC for this block.
Block 973,748 is number 21 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,995 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,252 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 264 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2 confirmations.