About block 973,338
Bitcoin block 973,338 was mined by F2Pool on October 27, 2026 at 3:56 AM UTC, 23 min 48 s after block 973,337. 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 2,757 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.51 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 973,338 is number 1,627 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 389 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,662 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 131 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.