About block 972,107
Bitcoin block 972,107 was mined by AntPool on October 19, 2026 at 5:08 AM UTC, 58 min 41 s after block 972,106. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,338 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0384 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1634 BTC for this block.
Block 972,107 is number 396 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,620 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,893 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. AntPool found 222 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.