About block 972,816
Bitcoin block 972,816 was mined by F2Pool on October 23, 2026 at 6:38 PM UTC, 24 min 19 s after block 972,815. 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 3,782 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0394 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1644 BTC for this block.
Block 972,816 is number 1,105 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 911 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,184 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 871 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.