About block 973,871
Bitcoin block 973,871 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 8:23 PM UTC, 25 min 12 s after block 973,870. 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 3,715 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.37 sat/vB, up from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0691 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1941 BTC for this block.
Block 973,871 is number 144 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,872 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,129 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 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.