About block 973,092
Bitcoin block 973,092 was mined by F2Pool on October 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM UTC, 22 min 37 s after block 973,091. 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 3,554 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.23 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0324 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1574 BTC for this block.
Block 973,092 is number 1,381 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 635 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,908 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 486 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.