About block 972,549
Bitcoin block 972,549 was mined by F2Pool on October 22, 2026 at 1:27 AM UTC, 49 min 24 s after block 972,548. 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 3,479 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 3.33 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0693 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1943 BTC for this block.
Block 972,549 is number 838 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,178 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,451 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.