About block 973,902
Bitcoin block 973,902 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 1:20 AM UTC, 10 min 42 s after block 973,901. 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 5,336 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.18 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 973,902 is number 175 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,841 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,098 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 18 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.