About block 973,310
Bitcoin block 973,310 was mined by F2Pool on October 26, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC, 10 min 35 s after block 973,309. 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 6,229 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 973,310 is number 1,599 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 417 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,690 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 164 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.