About block 973,795
Bitcoin block 973,795 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 8:35 AM UTC, 10 min 20 s after block 973,794. 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 2,099 transactions in 1.40 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0229 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1479 BTC for this block.
Block 973,795 is number 68 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,948 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,205 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.