About block 972,733
Bitcoin block 972,733 was mined by F2Pool on October 23, 2026 at 7:27 AM UTC, 23 min 50 s after block 972,732. 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 3,224 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 972,733 is number 1,022 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,267 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 992 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.