About block 972,605
Bitcoin block 972,605 was mined by F2Pool on October 22, 2026 at 10:26 AM UTC, 2 min 41 s after block 972,604. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,795 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 0.38 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0062 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1312 BTC for this block.
Block 972,605 is number 894 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,122 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,395 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 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.