About block 972,119
Bitcoin block 972,119 was mined by BTC.com on October 19, 2026 at 8:22 AM UTC, 65 min 31 s after block 972,118. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,889 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.06 sat/vB, up from 0.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0533 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1783 BTC for this block.
Block 972,119 is number 408 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,608 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,881 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. BTC.com found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.