About block 972,330
Bitcoin block 972,330 was mined by AntPool on October 20, 2026 at 12:56 PM UTC, 11 min 18 s after block 972,329. 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 4,367 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 972,330 is number 619 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,397 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,670 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 211 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.