About block 972,138
Bitcoin block 972,138 was mined by AntPool on October 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM UTC, 26 min 56 s after block 972,137. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,702 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.50 sat/vB, up from 0.16 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0365 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1615 BTC for this block.
Block 972,138 is number 427 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,589 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,862 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 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.