About block 973,699
Bitcoin block 973,699 was mined by F2Pool on October 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM UTC, 3 min 6 s after block 973,698. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,991 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 973,699 is number 1,988 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 28 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,301 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 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.