About block 972,002
Bitcoin block 972,002 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM UTC, 10 min 47 s after block 972,001. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,031 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.84 sat/vB, down from 1.43 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, SpiderPool earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 972,002 is number 291 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,725 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,998 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. SpiderPool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.