About block 972,986
Bitcoin block 972,986 was mined by SpiderPool on October 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC, 39 min 22 s after block 972,985. 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 3,540 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.40 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0360 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1610 BTC for this block.
Block 972,986 is number 1,275 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 741 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,014 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 630 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.