About block 972,272
Bitcoin block 972,272 was mined by F2Pool on October 20, 2026 at 6:04 AM UTC, 4 min 29 s after block 972,271. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,322 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0063 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1313 BTC for this block.
Block 972,272 is number 561 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,455 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,728 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.