About block 973,844
Bitcoin block 973,844 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM UTC, 1 min 45 s after block 973,843. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,614 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.59 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 973,844 is number 117 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,899 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,156 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.