About block 972,929
Bitcoin block 972,929 was mined by F2Pool on October 24, 2026 at 2:20 PM UTC, 4 min 53 s after block 972,928. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,608 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.28 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 972,929 is number 1,218 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 798 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,071 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 714 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.