About block 972,970
Bitcoin block 972,970 was mined by F2Pool on October 24, 2026 at 8:26 PM UTC, 5 min 42 s after block 972,969. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,544 transactions in 1.91 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 972,970 is number 1,259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,030 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 654 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.