About block 972,193
Bitcoin block 972,193 was mined by AntPool on October 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM UTC, 6 min 8 s after block 972,192. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,084 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, down from 3.63 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0258 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1508 BTC for this block.
Block 972,193 is number 482 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,534 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,807 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 222 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.