About block 972,622
Bitcoin block 972,622 was mined by F2Pool on October 22, 2026 at 2:22 PM UTC, 34 seconds after block 972,621. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,030 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.11 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 972,622 is number 911 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,105 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,378 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.