About block 972,396
Bitcoin block 972,396 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTC, 37 min 47 s after block 972,395. 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 3,245 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.50 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0342 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1592 BTC for this block.
Block 972,396 is number 685 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,331 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,604 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 4 confirmations.