About block 972,849
Bitcoin block 972,849 was mined by ViaBTC on October 24, 2026 at 12:13 AM UTC, 35 min 29 s after block 972,848. 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 3,312 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.63 sat/vB, up from 1.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0343 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1593 BTC for this block.
Block 972,849 is number 1,138 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 878 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,151 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 820 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.