About block 972,052
Bitcoin block 972,052 was mined by F2Pool on October 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM UTC, 3 min 18 s after block 972,051. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,546 transactions in 1.90 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0043 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1293 BTC for this block.
Block 972,052 is number 341 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,675 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,948 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 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.