About block 972,177
Bitcoin block 972,177 was mined by AntPool on October 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 1 min 54 s after block 972,176. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,156 transactions in 1.90 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.95 sat/vB, down from 4.42 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0224 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1474 BTC for this block.
Block 972,177 is number 466 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,550 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,823 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 221 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.