About block 972,730
Bitcoin block 972,730 was mined by SECPOOL on October 23, 2026 at 6:57 AM UTC, 12 min 55 s after block 972,729. 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 2,308 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 972,730 is number 1,019 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 997 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,270 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 995 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.