About block 972,407
Bitcoin block 972,407 was mined by Poolin on October 21, 2026 at 2:54 AM UTC, 3 min 43 s after block 972,406. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,116 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Poolin earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 972,407 is number 696 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,320 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,593 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. Poolin found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.