About block 973,958
Bitcoin block 973,958 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 9:38 AM UTC, 14 min 1 s after block 973,957. 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 4,078 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0187 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1437 BTC for this block.
Block 973,958 is number 231 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,785 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,042 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 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.