About block 973,819
Bitcoin block 973,819 was mined by Foundry USA on October 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTC, 13 min 36 s after block 973,818. 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 2,571 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 973,819 is number 92 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,924 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,181 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. Foundry USA found 265 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.