About block 972,185
Bitcoin block 972,185 was mined by WhitePool on October 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM UTC, 21 min 17 s after block 972,184. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,975 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.59 sat/vB, down from 3.72 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0429 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1679 BTC for this block.
Block 972,185 is number 474 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,542 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,815 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. WhitePool found 5 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.