About block 972,171
Bitcoin block 972,171 was mined by ViaBTC on October 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM UTC, 12 min 32 s after block 972,170. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,468 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.10 sat/vB, up from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 972,171 is number 460 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,556 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,829 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 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.