About block 972,335
Bitcoin block 972,335 was mined by SECPOOL on October 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM UTC, 2 min 23 s after block 972,334. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,688 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0062 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1312 BTC for this block.
Block 972,335 is number 624 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,392 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,665 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 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.