About block 973,523
Bitcoin block 973,523 was mined by F2Pool on October 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM UTC, 3 min 15 s after block 973,522. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,404 transactions in 3.25 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0048 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1298 BTC for this block.
Block 973,523 is number 1,812 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 204 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,477 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.