About block 972,265
Bitcoin block 972,265 was mined by AntPool on October 20, 2026 at 5:11 AM UTC, 1 min 35 s after block 972,264. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,821 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0031 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1281 BTC for this block.
Block 972,265 is number 554 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,462 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,735 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 210 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.