About block 972,137
Bitcoin block 972,137 was mined by SpiderPool on October 19, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC, 2 min 28 s after block 972,136. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,715 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.16 sat/vB, down from 1.99 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 972,137 is number 426 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,590 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,863 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. SpiderPool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.