About block 972,129
Bitcoin block 972,129 was mined by SpiderPool on October 19, 2026 at 9:44 AM UTC, 16 min 41 s after block 972,128. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,410 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 972,129 is number 418 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,598 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,871 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. SpiderPool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.