About block 973,771
Bitcoin block 973,771 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 4:31 AM UTC, 2 min 59 s after block 973,770. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,705 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, down from 3.85 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 973,771 is number 44 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,972 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,229 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.