About block 973,207
Bitcoin block 973,207 was mined by F2Pool on October 26, 2026 at 7:31 AM UTC, 11 min 46 s after block 973,206. 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 4,574 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 973,207 is number 1,496 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 520 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,793 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 317 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.