About block 972,619
Bitcoin block 972,619 was mined by SpiderPool on October 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC, 17 min 47 s after block 972,618. 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 3,985 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.57 sat/vB, down from 4.22 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0461 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1711 BTC for this block.
Block 972,619 is number 908 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,108 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,381 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 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.