About block 972,478
Bitcoin block 972,478 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM UTC, 7 min 55 s after block 972,477. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,548 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.93 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 972,478 is number 767 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,249 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,522 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 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.