About block 972,637
Bitcoin block 972,637 was mined by AntPool on October 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM UTC, 3 min 38 s after block 972,636. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,727 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 972,637 is number 926 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,090 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,363 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.