About block 972,179
Bitcoin block 972,179 was mined by F2Pool on October 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM UTC, 1 min 18 s after block 972,178. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,402 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.33 sat/vB, up from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 972,179 is number 468 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,548 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,821 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 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.