About block 972,289
Bitcoin block 972,289 was mined by F2Pool on October 20, 2026 at 7:55 AM UTC, 1 min 55 s after block 972,288. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,572 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0029 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1279 BTC for this block.
Block 972,289 is number 578 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,438 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,711 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.