About block 972,442
Bitcoin block 972,442 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 8:38 AM UTC, 11 min 17 s after block 972,441. 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 1,972 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.44 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 972,442 is number 731 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,285 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,558 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 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.