About block 973,211
Bitcoin block 973,211 was mined by F2Pool on October 26, 2026 at 7:49 AM UTC, 9 min 15 s after block 973,210. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,043 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 973,211 is number 1,500 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 516 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,789 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 313 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.