About block 972,570
Bitcoin block 972,570 was mined by SpiderPool on October 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM UTC, 2 min 41 s after block 972,569. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,102 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0044 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1294 BTC for this block.
Block 972,570 is number 859 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,157 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,430 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.