About block 972,172
Bitcoin block 972,172 was mined by SECPOOL on October 19, 2026 at 3:02 PM UTC, 10 min 45 s after block 972,171. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,168 transactions in 1.88 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.10 sat/vB, down from 1.10 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 972,172 is number 461 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,555 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,828 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.