About block 972,155
Bitcoin block 972,155 was mined by ViaBTC on October 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM UTC, 8 min 22 s after block 972,154. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,804 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 972,155 is number 444 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,572 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,845 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.