About block 974,121
Bitcoin block 974,121 was mined by SECPOOL on November 1, 2026 at 11:38 AM UTC, 19 min 14 s after block 974,120. 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 1,671 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0673 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1923 BTC for this block.
Block 974,121 is number 394 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,622 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,879 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.