About block 972,392
Bitcoin block 972,392 was mined by F2Pool on October 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTC, 4 min 10 s after block 972,391. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,727 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 972,392 is number 681 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,335 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,608 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 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.