About block 972,074
Bitcoin block 972,074 was mined by F2Pool on October 18, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC, 10 min 34 s after block 972,073. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,572 transactions in 1.90 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.18 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 972,074 is number 363 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,653 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,926 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 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.