About block 974,065
Bitcoin block 974,065 was mined by Unknown on November 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC, 7 min 19 s after block 974,064. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,715 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 974,065 is number 338 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,678 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,935 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 16 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.