About block 972,664
Bitcoin block 972,664 was mined by F2Pool on October 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC, 18 min 22 s after block 972,663. 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 2,951 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.23 sat/vB, up from 0.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 972,664 is number 953 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,063 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,336 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 1,085 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.