About block 972,544
Bitcoin block 972,544 was mined by OCEAN on October 21, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC, 25 min 32 s after block 972,543. 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 3,819 transactions in 1.58 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.18 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0325 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1575 BTC for this block.
Block 972,544 is number 833 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,183 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,456 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. OCEAN found 31 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.