About block 972,111
Bitcoin block 972,111 was mined by WhitePool on October 19, 2026 at 6:07 AM UTC, 13 min 6 s after block 972,110. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,307 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 972,111 is number 400 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,616 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,889 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. WhitePool found 4 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.