About block 972,550
Bitcoin block 972,550 was mined by ViaBTC on October 22, 2026 at 1:31 AM UTC, 3 min 34 s after block 972,549. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,149 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 972,550 is number 839 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,177 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,450 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. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.