About block 973,821
Bitcoin block 973,821 was mined by Unknown on October 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC, 3 min 11 s after block 973,820. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,009 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 973,821 is number 94 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,922 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,179 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.