About block 972,041
Bitcoin block 972,041 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM UTC, 2 min 4 s after block 972,040. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,507 transactions in 1.91 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0040 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1290 BTC for this block.
Block 972,041 is number 330 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,686 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,959 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 61 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.