About block 972,302
Bitcoin block 972,302 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 20, 2026 at 9:18 AM UTC, 3 min 46 s after block 972,301. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,863 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 972,302 is number 591 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,425 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,698 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. Braiins Pool found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.