About block 972,760
Bitcoin block 972,760 was mined by F2Pool on October 23, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC, 5 min 53 s after block 972,759. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,810 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0018 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1268 BTC for this block.
Block 972,760 is number 1,049 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 967 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,240 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 942 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.