About block 973,071
Bitcoin block 973,071 was mined by F2Pool on October 25, 2026 at 12:13 PM UTC, 10 min 42 s after block 973,070. 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 5,149 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.17 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 973,071 is number 1,360 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 656 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,929 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. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 508 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.