About block 972,253
Bitcoin block 972,253 was mined by F2Pool on October 20, 2026 at 3:42 AM UTC, 13 min 3 s after block 972,252. 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 3,858 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 972,253 is number 542 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,474 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,747 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.