About block 972,583
Bitcoin block 972,583 was mined by ViaBTC on October 22, 2026 at 6:43 AM UTC, 10 min 45 s after block 972,582. 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 1,731 transactions in 1.18 MB (74.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.65 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 972,583 is number 872 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,144 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,417 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 22 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.