About block 972,542
Bitcoin block 972,542 was mined by SpiderPool on October 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC, 3 min 57 s after block 972,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,645 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0070 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1320 BTC for this block.
Block 972,542 is number 831 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,185 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,458 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. SpiderPool found 62 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.