About block 972,488
Bitcoin block 972,488 was mined by ViaBTC on October 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC, 11 min 36 s after block 972,487. 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 2,975 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 972,488 is number 777 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,239 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,512 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.