About block 972,657
Bitcoin block 972,657 was mined by F2Pool on October 22, 2026 at 8:35 PM UTC, 31 min 42 s after block 972,656. 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 4,131 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.37 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0487 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1737 BTC for this block.
Block 972,657 is number 946 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,070 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,343 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 175 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,093 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.