About block 972,557
Bitcoin block 972,557 was mined by SECPOOL on October 22, 2026 at 2:59 AM UTC, 13 min 18 s after block 972,556. 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 2,093 transactions in 1.40 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.94 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 972,557 is number 846 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,170 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,443 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. SECPOOL found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.