About block 972,039
Bitcoin block 972,039 was mined by F2Pool on October 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM UTC, 21 min 40 s after block 972,038. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,434 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.62 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 972,039 is number 328 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,688 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,961 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 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.