About block 972,314
Bitcoin block 972,314 was mined by AntPool on October 20, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC, 4 min 12 s after block 972,313. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,270 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 972,314 is number 603 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,413 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,686 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. AntPool found 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.