About block 972,847
Bitcoin block 972,847 was mined by Unknown on October 23, 2026 at 11:21 PM UTC, 3 min 11 s after block 972,846. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,786 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 0.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 972,847 is number 1,136 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 880 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,153 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 825 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.