About block 973,696
Bitcoin block 973,696 was mined by F2Pool on October 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM UTC, 9 min 2 s after block 973,695. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,442 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, down from 3.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0620 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1870 BTC for this block.
Block 973,696 is number 1,985 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 31 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,304 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 174 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.