About block 972,452
Bitcoin block 972,452 was mined by Foundry USA on October 21, 2026 at 9:34 AM UTC, 5 min 22 s after block 972,451. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,920 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 972,452 is number 741 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,275 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,548 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. Foundry USA found 261 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.