About block 972,197
Bitcoin block 972,197 was mined by SpiderPool on October 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM UTC, 25 min 55 s after block 972,196. 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 3,776 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.50 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0487 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1737 BTC for this block.
Block 972,197 is number 486 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,530 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,803 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. SpiderPool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.