About block 972,482
Bitcoin block 972,482 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 1:22 PM UTC, 2 min 1 s after block 972,481. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,969 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 972,482 is number 771 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,245 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,518 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 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.