About block 972,920
Bitcoin block 972,920 was mined by AntPool on October 24, 2026 at 12:34 PM UTC, 28 min 44 s after block 972,919. 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 3,735 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.11 sat/vB, up from 0.98 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0281 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1531 BTC for this block.
Block 972,920 is number 1,209 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 807 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,080 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 728 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.