About block 972,968
Bitcoin block 972,968 was mined by Unknown on October 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM UTC, 13 min 44 s after block 972,967. 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 2,327 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.52 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 972,968 is number 1,257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,032 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. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 656 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.