About block 973,175
Bitcoin block 973,175 was mined by F2Pool on October 26, 2026 at 3:32 AM UTC, 13 min 51 s after block 973,174. 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 3,596 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 973,175 is number 1,464 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 552 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,825 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 367 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.