About block 972,918
Bitcoin block 972,918 was mined by SpiderPool on October 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTC, 11 min 14 s after block 972,917. 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 4,739 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 972,918 is number 1,207 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 809 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,082 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. SpiderPool found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 730 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.