About block 973,881
Bitcoin block 973,881 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM UTC, 5 min 39 s after block 973,880. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,426 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 973,881 is number 154 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,862 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,119 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.