About block 972,043
Bitcoin block 972,043 was mined by AntPool on October 18, 2026 at 7:19 PM UTC, 4 min 27 s after block 972,042. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,620 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0074 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1324 BTC for this block.
Block 972,043 is number 332 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,684 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,957 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. AntPool found 222 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.