About block 972,967
Bitcoin block 972,967 was mined by SpiderPool on October 24, 2026 at 7:52 PM UTC, 10 min 2 s after block 972,966. 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 2,660 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.52 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 972,967 is number 1,256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,033 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 657 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.