About block 973,066
Bitcoin block 973,066 was mined by F2Pool on October 25, 2026 at 11:14 AM UTC, 1 min 50 s after block 973,065. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,700 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0026 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1276 BTC for this block.
Block 973,066 is number 1,355 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 661 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,934 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 514 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.