About block 974,004
Bitcoin block 974,004 was mined by SpiderPool on October 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM UTC, 48 min 17 s after block 974,003. 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 4,187 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.18 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0536 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1786 BTC for this block.
Block 974,004 is number 277 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,739 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,996 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.