About block 973,568
Bitcoin block 973,568 was mined by F2Pool on October 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM UTC, 2 min 25 s after block 973,567. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,015 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0053 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1303 BTC for this block.
Block 973,568 is number 1,857 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 159 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,432 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.