About block 972,545
Bitcoin block 972,545 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM UTC, 8 min 28 s after block 972,544. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,143 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.12 sat/vB, down from 2.18 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 972,545 is number 834 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,182 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,455 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. Braiins Pool found 15 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.