About block 972,077
Bitcoin block 972,077 was mined by ViaBTC on October 18, 2026 at 11:51 PM UTC, 6 min 58 s after block 972,076. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,921 transactions in 2.14 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0079 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1329 BTC for this block.
Block 972,077 is number 366 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,650 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,923 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.