About block 972,037
Bitcoin block 972,037 was mined by AntPool on October 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM UTC, 12 min 15 s after block 972,036. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,752 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 972,037 is number 326 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,690 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,963 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. AntPool found 223 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.