About block 972,458
Bitcoin block 972,458 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC, 1 min 29 s after block 972,457. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,019 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 972,458 is number 747 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,269 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,542 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.