About block 973,835
Bitcoin block 973,835 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM UTC, 1 min 22 s after block 973,834. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,948 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.02 sat/vB, down from 6.35 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0421 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1671 BTC for this block.
Block 973,835 is number 108 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,908 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,165 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.