About block 972,358
Bitcoin block 972,358 was mined by AntPool on October 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM UTC, 14 min 58 s after block 972,357. 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 3,177 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 972,358 is number 647 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,369 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,642 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.