About block 972,658
Bitcoin block 972,658 was mined by F2Pool on October 22, 2026 at 9:04 PM UTC, 29 min 13 s after block 972,657. 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 3,797 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.62 sat/vB, up from 3.37 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0478 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1728 BTC for this block.
Block 972,658 is number 947 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,069 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,342 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 1,092 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.