About block 972,422
Bitcoin block 972,422 was mined by SECPOOL on October 21, 2026 at 5:29 AM UTC, 31 min 52 s after block 972,421. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,120 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.05 sat/vB, up from 1.63 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 972,422 is number 711 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,305 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,578 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.