About block 972,053
Bitcoin block 972,053 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC, 34 min 34 s after block 972,052. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,911 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.99 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0402 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1652 BTC for this block.
Block 972,053 is number 342 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,674 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,947 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.