About block 973,713
Bitcoin block 973,713 was mined by F2Pool on October 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 3 min 20 s after block 973,712. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,389 transactions in 1.84 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 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 973,713 is number 2,002 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 14 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,287 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 176 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.