About block 973,717
Bitcoin block 973,717 was mined by F2Pool on October 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM UTC, 10 min 57 s after block 973,716. 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 2,894 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.02 sat/vB, up from 1.08 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0252 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1502 BTC for this block.
Block 973,717 is number 2,006 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 10 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,283 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 177 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.