About block 973,843
Bitcoin block 973,843 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM UTC, 3 min 38 s after block 973,842. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,123 transactions in 1.99 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 3.99 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0372 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1622 BTC for this block.
Block 973,843 is number 116 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,900 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,157 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 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.