About block 972,343
Bitcoin block 972,343 was mined by SECPOOL on October 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC, 1 min 12 s after block 972,342. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,523 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, down from 5.18 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0316 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1566 BTC for this block.
Block 972,343 is number 632 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,384 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,657 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.