About block 973,955
Bitcoin block 973,955 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 9:02 AM UTC, 38 min 48 s after block 973,954. 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 3,892 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.21 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0359 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1609 BTC for this block.
Block 973,955 is number 228 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,788 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,045 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.