About block 972,489
Bitcoin block 972,489 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC, 62 min 6 s after block 972,488. 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 3,659 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.52 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1006 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.2256 BTC for this block.
Block 972,489 is number 778 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,238 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,511 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.