About block 972,054
Bitcoin block 972,054 was mined by SECPOOL on October 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM UTC, 25 min 6 s after block 972,053. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,973 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.22 sat/vB, down from 2.99 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0315 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1565 BTC for this block.
Block 972,054 is number 343 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,673 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,946 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. SECPOOL found 33 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.