About block 972,712
Bitcoin block 972,712 was mined by F2Pool on October 23, 2026 at 4:46 AM UTC, 41 min 16 s after block 972,711. 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 3,403 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.65 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0359 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1609 BTC for this block.
Block 972,712 is number 1,001 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,015 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,288 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 177 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,015 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.