About block 972,604
Bitcoin block 972,604 was mined by AntPool on October 22, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC, 10 min 7 s after block 972,603. 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 5,530 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.38 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 972,604 is number 893 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,123 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,396 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.