About block 972,661
Bitcoin block 972,661 was mined by Binance Pool on October 22, 2026 at 9:34 PM UTC, 15 min 52 s after block 972,660. 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 3,607 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.27 sat/vB, up from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0318 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1568 BTC for this block.
Block 972,661 is number 950 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,066 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,339 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. Binance Pool found 9 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,089 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.