About block 972,711
Bitcoin block 972,711 was mined by AntPool on October 23, 2026 at 4:05 AM UTC, 7 min 46 s after block 972,710. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,340 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 972,711 is number 1,000 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,016 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,289 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,016 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.