About block 972,554
Bitcoin block 972,554 was mined by AntPool on October 22, 2026 at 2:12 AM UTC, 30 min 4 s after block 972,553. 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 3,339 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.56 sat/vB, up from 0.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0331 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1581 BTC for this block.
Block 972,554 is number 843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,446 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.