About block 972,375
Bitcoin block 972,375 was mined by AntPool on October 20, 2026 at 8:33 PM UTC, 7 min 53 s after block 972,374. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,258 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 972,375 is number 664 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,352 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,625 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 171 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.