About block 973,566
Bitcoin block 973,566 was mined by F2Pool on October 28, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTC, 7 min 37 s after block 973,565. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,115 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 973,566 is number 1,855 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 161 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,434 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 5 confirmations.