About block 972,097
Bitcoin block 972,097 was mined by WhitePool on October 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM UTC, 37 min 20 s after block 972,096. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,190 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.02 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0319 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1569 BTC for this block.
Block 972,097 is number 386 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,630 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,903 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. WhitePool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.