About block 972,531
Bitcoin block 972,531 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM UTC, 6 min 42 s after block 972,530. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,526 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.15 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 972,531 is number 820 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,196 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,469 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 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.