About block 973,414
Bitcoin block 973,414 was mined by F2Pool on October 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC, 2 min 16 s after block 973,413. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,039 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 973,414 is number 1,703 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 313 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,586 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 55 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.