About block 973,981
Bitcoin block 973,981 was mined by OCEAN on October 31, 2026 at 2:09 PM UTC, 12 min 56 s after block 973,980. 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 2,614 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.03 sat/vB, up from 1.61 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0264 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1514 BTC for this block.
Block 973,981 is number 254 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,762 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,019 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 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.