About block 972,561
Bitcoin block 972,561 was mined by SpiderPool on October 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM UTC, 4 min 34 s after block 972,560. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,277 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.15 sat/vB, down from 1.73 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 972,561 is number 850 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,166 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,439 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. SpiderPool found 63 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.