About block 972,969
Bitcoin block 972,969 was mined by Binance Pool on October 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM UTC, 14 min 41 s after block 972,968. 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 2,557 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 972,969 is number 1,258 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 758 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,031 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. Binance Pool found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 655 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.