About block 973,905
Bitcoin block 973,905 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM UTC, 7 min 47 s after block 973,904. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,366 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 973,905 is number 178 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,838 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,095 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.