About block 972,809
Bitcoin block 972,809 was mined by F2Pool on October 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM UTC, 8 min 4 s after block 972,808. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,821 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 972,809 is number 1,098 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 918 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,191 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 878 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.