About block 972,141
Bitcoin block 972,141 was mined by SpiderPool on October 19, 2026 at 12:21 PM UTC, 8 min 14 s after block 972,140. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,898 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.51 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 972,141 is number 430 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,586 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,859 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 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.