About block 972,341
Bitcoin block 972,341 was mined by F2Pool on October 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM UTC, 13 min 52 s after block 972,340. 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 3,137 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0356 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1606 BTC for this block.
Block 972,341 is number 630 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,386 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,659 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.