About block 972,168
Bitcoin block 972,168 was mined by SpiderPool on October 19, 2026 at 2:28 PM UTC, 2 min 50 s after block 972,167. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,337 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 972,168 is number 457 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,559 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,832 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 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.