About block 972,006
Bitcoin block 972,006 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM UTC, 18 seconds after block 972,005. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 330 transactions in 3.32 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.20 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0022 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1272 BTC for this block.
Block 972,006 is number 295 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,721 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,994 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. SpiderPool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.