About block 972,016
Bitcoin block 972,016 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTC, 9 min 23 s after block 972,015. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,188 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0220 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1470 BTC for this block.
Block 972,016 is number 305 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,711 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,984 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.