About block 972,649
Bitcoin block 972,649 was mined by AntPool on October 22, 2026 at 7:37 PM UTC, 10 min 43 s after block 972,648. 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 3,855 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.20 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0169 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1419 BTC for this block.
Block 972,649 is number 938 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,078 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,351 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,105 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.