About block 972,134
Bitcoin block 972,134 was mined by AntPool on October 19, 2026 at 10:29 AM UTC, 3 min 20 s after block 972,133. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,629 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.64 sat/vB, down from 2.28 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 972,134 is number 423 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,593 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,866 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 216 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.