About block 972,510
Bitcoin block 972,510 was mined by Foundry USA on October 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM UTC, 13 min 43 s after block 972,509. 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 3,711 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 972,510 is number 799 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,217 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,490 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. Foundry USA found 266 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.