About block 973,612
Bitcoin block 973,612 was mined by F2Pool on October 28, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC, 1 min 39 s after block 973,611. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,946 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0038 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1288 BTC for this block.
Block 973,612 is number 1,901 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 115 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,388 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 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.