About block 972,453
Bitcoin block 972,453 was mined by SpiderPool on October 21, 2026 at 9:46 AM UTC, 11 min 17 s after block 972,452. 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 3,103 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 972,453 is number 742 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,274 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,547 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.