About block 972,201
Bitcoin block 972,201 was mined by F2Pool on October 19, 2026 at 8:03 PM UTC, 15 min 36 s after block 972,200. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,291 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.12 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 972,201 is number 490 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,526 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,799 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 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.