About block 972,216
Bitcoin block 972,216 was mined by AntPool on October 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC, 28 min 6 s after block 972,215. 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 3,972 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.41 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0379 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1629 BTC for this block.
Block 972,216 is number 505 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,511 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,784 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 220 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.