About block 973,943
Bitcoin block 973,943 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 6:51 AM UTC, 5 min 32 s after block 973,942. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,811 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 973,943 is number 216 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,800 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,057 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 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.