About block 973,043
Bitcoin block 973,043 was mined by F2Pool on October 25, 2026 at 8:37 AM UTC, 4 min 52 s after block 973,042. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,556 transactions in 1.35 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.25 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 973,043 is number 1,332 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 684 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,957 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. F2Pool found 174 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 552 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.