About block 972,724
Bitcoin block 972,724 was mined by F2Pool on October 23, 2026 at 6:06 AM UTC, 17 min 55 s after block 972,723. 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 4,538 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 972,724 is number 1,013 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,003 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,276 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 176 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,001 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.