About block 972,345
Bitcoin block 972,345 was mined by AntPool on October 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC, 25 seconds after block 972,344. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,050 transactions in 1.92 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.23 sat/vB, down from 1.98 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 972,345 is number 634 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,382 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,655 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. AntPool found 211 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.