About block 973,901
Bitcoin block 973,901 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 1:10 AM UTC, 7 min 30 s after block 973,900. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,556 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 973,901 is number 174 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,842 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,099 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.