About block 973,974
Bitcoin block 973,974 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 12:10 PM UTC, 3 min 53 s after block 973,973. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,204 transactions in 1.98 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.10 sat/vB in the block before, 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 973,974 is number 247 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,769 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,026 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 4 confirmations.