About block 972,200
Bitcoin block 972,200 was mined by F2Pool on October 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM UTC, 2 min 32 s after block 972,199. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,764 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 0.87 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 972,200 is number 489 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,527 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,800 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.