About block 972,922
Bitcoin block 972,922 was mined by BTC.com on October 24, 2026 at 1:29 PM UTC, 19 min 35 s after block 972,921. 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 2,748 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.03 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0258 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1508 BTC for this block.
Block 972,922 is number 1,211 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 805 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,078 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. BTC.com found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 726 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.