About block 973,146
Bitcoin block 973,146 was mined by F2Pool on October 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM UTC, 5 min 46 s after block 973,145. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,720 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0077 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1327 BTC for this block.
Block 973,146 is number 1,435 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 581 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,854 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 411 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.