About block 972,034
Bitcoin block 972,034 was mined by F2Pool on October 18, 2026 at 6:09 PM UTC, 34 min 9 s after block 972,033. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,078 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 972,034 is number 323 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,693 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,966 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.