About block 972,315
Bitcoin block 972,315 was mined by F2Pool on October 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM UTC, 4 min 26 s after block 972,314. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,684 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0068 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1318 BTC for this block.
Block 972,315 is number 604 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,412 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,685 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.