About block 973,975
Bitcoin block 973,975 was mined by OCEAN on October 31, 2026 at 12:11 PM UTC, 1 min 8 s after block 973,974. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 967 transactions in 0.46 MB (27.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 973,975 is number 248 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,768 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,025 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. OCEAN found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.