About block 972,484
Bitcoin block 972,484 was mined by AntPool on October 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 972,483. 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 3,440 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.23 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 972,484 is number 773 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,243 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,516 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. AntPool found 211 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.