About block 972,626
Bitcoin block 972,626 was mined by F2Pool on October 22, 2026 at 3:20 PM UTC, 19 min 25 s after block 972,625. 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 4,032 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.32 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0447 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1697 BTC for this block.
Block 972,626 is number 915 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,101 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,374 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.