About block 972,404
Bitcoin block 972,404 was mined by ViaBTC on October 21, 2026 at 2:10 AM UTC, 9 min 54 s after block 972,403. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,384 transactions in 0.75 MB (46.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 972,404 is number 693 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,323 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,596 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.