About block 972,956
Bitcoin block 972,956 was mined by AntPool on October 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM UTC, 3 min 37 s after block 972,955. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,369 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 972,956 is number 1,245 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 771 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,044 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 673 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.