About block 972,236
Bitcoin block 972,236 was mined by SpiderPool on October 20, 2026 at 1:26 AM UTC, 20 min 7 s after block 972,235. 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 3,705 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.24 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0240 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1490 BTC for this block.
Block 972,236 is number 525 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,491 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,764 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.