About block 972,524
Bitcoin block 972,524 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM UTC, 6 min 9 s after block 972,523. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,311 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.98 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 972,524 is number 813 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,203 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,476 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.