About block 2,572
Bitcoin block 2,572 was mined by Unknown on February 1, 2009 at 6:50 AM UTC, 9 min 36 s after block 2,571. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1 transactions in 0.00 MB (0.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0000 BTC. With the 50.000 BTC subsidy of halving era 1, Unknown earned 50.0000 BTC for this block.
Block 2,572 is number 557 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 1; 1,459 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 4,031. The next halving is at block 210,000, 207,428 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 8 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 971,006 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.