About block 972,157
Bitcoin block 972,157 was mined by AntPool on October 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM UTC, 4 min 14 s after block 972,156. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,927 transactions in 1.92 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.10 sat/vB, down from 2.11 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 972,157 is number 446 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,570 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,843 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 219 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.