About block 972,067
Bitcoin block 972,067 was mined by AntPool on October 18, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC, 16 min 23 s after block 972,066. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,559 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.10 sat/vB, up from 0.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 972,067 is number 356 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,660 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,933 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 224 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.