About block 973,917
Bitcoin block 973,917 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 2:44 AM UTC, 1 min 15 s after block 973,916. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,710 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0022 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1272 BTC for this block.
Block 973,917 is number 190 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,826 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,083 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.