About block 972,080
Bitcoin block 972,080 was mined by SECPOOL on October 19, 2026 at 12:36 AM UTC, 27 min 22 s after block 972,079. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,268 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 972,080 is number 369 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,647 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,920 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 34 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.