About block 973,895
Bitcoin block 973,895 was mined by F2Pool on October 30, 2026 at 11:51 PM UTC, 30 min 8 s after block 973,894. 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 3,676 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.50 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0327 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1577 BTC for this block.
Block 973,895 is number 168 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,848 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,105 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 174 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.