About block 972,964
Bitcoin block 972,964 was mined by F2Pool on October 24, 2026 at 6:56 PM UTC, 24 min 35 s after block 972,963. 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 3,396 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.05 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0278 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1528 BTC for this block.
Block 972,964 is number 1,253 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 763 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,036 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 661 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.