About block 972,869
Bitcoin block 972,869 was mined by F2Pool on October 24, 2026 at 3:21 AM UTC, 11 min 45 s after block 972,868. 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 4,041 transactions in 1.44 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 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 972,869 is number 1,158 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 858 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,131 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 794 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.