About block 972,640
Bitcoin block 972,640 was mined by SECPOOL on October 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM UTC, 5 min 59 s after block 972,639. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,869 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 972,640 is number 929 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,087 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,360 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. SECPOOL found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1 confirmations.