About block 972,430
Bitcoin block 972,430 was mined by SpiderPool on October 21, 2026 at 6:46 AM UTC, 25 min 28 s after block 972,429. 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 2,295 transactions in 1.39 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 0.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 972,430 is number 719 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,297 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,570 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 62 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.