About block 972,217
Bitcoin block 972,217 was mined by ViaBTC on October 19, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC, 3 min 27 s after block 972,216. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,301 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.41 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0122 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1372 BTC for this block.
Block 972,217 is number 506 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,510 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,783 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.