About block 973,421
Bitcoin block 973,421 was mined by F2Pool on October 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM UTC, 3 min 34 s after block 973,420. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,297 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.05 sat/vB, down from 4.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 973,421 is number 1,710 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 306 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,579 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 48 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.