About block 972,379
Bitcoin block 972,379 was mined by SECPOOL on October 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 972,378. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,206 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, down from 3.21 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 972,379 is number 668 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,348 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,621 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.