About block 972,065
Bitcoin block 972,065 was mined by ViaBTC on October 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC, 12 min 36 s after block 972,064. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,279 transactions in 2.03 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 972,065 is number 354 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,662 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,935 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.