About block 972,547
Bitcoin block 972,547 was mined by Unknown on October 22, 2026 at 12:10 AM UTC, 63 min 12 s after block 972,546. 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 3,680 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.58 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0591 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1841 BTC for this block.
Block 972,547 is number 836 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,180 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,453 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. Unknown found 9 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.