About block 974,031
Bitcoin block 974,031 was mined by AntPool on October 31, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC, 9 min 40 s after block 974,030. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,500 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 974,031 is number 304 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,712 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,969 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.