About block 972,569
Bitcoin block 972,569 was mined by SpiderPool on October 22, 2026 at 4:57 AM UTC, 6 min 45 s after block 972,568. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,199 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.53 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 972,569 is number 858 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,158 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,431 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. SpiderPool found 66 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.