About block 972,840
Bitcoin block 972,840 was mined by AntPool on October 23, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC, 5 min 43 s after block 972,839. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,613 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 1.31 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 972,840 is number 1,129 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 887 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,160 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 834 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.