About block 972,270
Bitcoin block 972,270 was mined by SECPOOL on October 20, 2026 at 5:56 AM UTC, 11 min 53 s after block 972,269. 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 5,099 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 972,270 is number 559 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,457 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,730 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.