About block 972,102
Bitcoin block 972,102 was mined by Foundry USA on October 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM UTC, 9 min 47 s after block 972,101. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,053 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 972,102 is number 391 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,625 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,898 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. Foundry USA found 245 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.