About block 972,140
Bitcoin block 972,140 was mined by ViaBTC on October 19, 2026 at 12:13 PM UTC, 13 min 38 s after block 972,139. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,720 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.51 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 972,140 is number 429 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,587 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,860 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.