About block 972,475
Bitcoin block 972,475 was mined by SpiderPool on October 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM UTC, 6 min 58 s after block 972,474. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,191 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 972,475 is number 764 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,252 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,525 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 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.