About block 972,176
Bitcoin block 972,176 was mined by SECPOOL on October 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM UTC, 15 min 32 s after block 972,175. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,735 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.42 sat/vB, up from 3.97 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0538 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1788 BTC for this block.
Block 972,176 is number 465 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,551 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,824 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.