About block 973,762
Bitcoin block 973,762 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 1:45 AM UTC, 3 min 31 s after block 973,761. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,648 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.15 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0081 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1331 BTC for this block.
Block 973,762 is number 35 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,981 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,238 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.