About block 972,623
Bitcoin block 972,623 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM UTC, 7 min 25 s after block 972,622. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,113 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 972,623 is number 912 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,104 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,377 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Braiins Pool found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.