About block 972,654
Bitcoin block 972,654 was mined by F2Pool on October 22, 2026 at 7:59 PM UTC, 14 min 10 s after block 972,653. 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 5,085 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.48 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0260 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1510 BTC for this block.
Block 972,654 is number 943 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,073 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,346 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 175 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,096 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.