About block 972,373
Bitcoin block 972,373 was mined by Unknown on October 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM UTC, 23 min 58 s after block 972,372. 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 3,726 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.35 sat/vB, up from 2.99 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0431 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1681 BTC for this block.
Block 972,373 is number 662 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,354 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,627 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. Unknown found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.