About block 972,788
Bitcoin block 972,788 was mined by ViaBTC on October 23, 2026 at 3:39 PM UTC, 12 min 1 s after block 972,787. 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 3,258 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.61 sat/vB, down from 4.21 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0497 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1747 BTC for this block.
Block 972,788 is number 1,077 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 939 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,212 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 905 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.