About block 973,285
Bitcoin block 973,285 was mined by F2Pool on October 26, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC, 14 min 26 s after block 973,284. 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 4,417 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.37 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 973,285 is number 1,574 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 442 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,715 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 197 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.