About block 972,983
Bitcoin block 972,983 was mined by F2Pool on October 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC, 12 min 32 s after block 972,982. 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 5,362 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 972,983 is number 1,272 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 744 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,017 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 633 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.