About block 972,958
Bitcoin block 972,958 was mined by AntPool on October 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM UTC, 9 min 42 s after block 972,957. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,782 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 972,958 is number 1,247 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 769 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,042 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 671 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.