About block 972,543
Bitcoin block 972,543 was mined by F2Pool on October 21, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC, 28 min 51 s after block 972,542. 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 4,012 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 972,543 is number 832 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,184 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,457 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.