About block 972,560
Bitcoin block 972,560 was mined by ViaBTC on October 22, 2026 at 3:26 AM UTC, 22 min 9 s after block 972,559. 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 2,995 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.73 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 972,560 is number 849 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,167 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,440 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.