About block 972,491
Bitcoin block 972,491 was mined by SpiderPool on October 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM UTC, 2 min 47 s after block 972,490. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,807 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.99 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0262 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1512 BTC for this block.
Block 972,491 is number 780 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,236 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,509 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 61 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.