About block 972,397
Bitcoin block 972,397 was mined by SpiderPool on October 21, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC, 46 seconds after block 972,396. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,767 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.50 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 972,397 is number 686 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,330 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,603 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. SpiderPool found 61 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.