About block 973,343
Bitcoin block 973,343 was mined by F2Pool on October 27, 2026 at 4:33 AM UTC, 9 min 56 s after block 973,342. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,762 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 973,343 is number 1,632 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 384 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,657 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 126 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.