About block 972,243
Bitcoin block 972,243 was mined by F2Pool on October 20, 2026 at 2:15 AM UTC, 16 min 2 s after block 972,242. 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 2,930 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 972,243 is number 532 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,484 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,757 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.