About block 973,655
Bitcoin block 973,655 was mined by F2Pool on October 29, 2026 at 6:28 AM UTC, 11 min 23 s after block 973,654. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 6,015 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.62 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 973,655 is number 1,944 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 72 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,345 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 2 confirmations.