About block 972,317
Bitcoin block 972,317 was mined by ViaBTC on October 20, 2026 at 11:58 AM UTC, 11 min 27 s after block 972,316. 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 5,178 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 972,317 is number 606 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,410 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,683 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.