About block 974,210
Bitcoin block 974,210 was mined by AntPool on November 2, 2026 at 4:12 AM UTC, 25 min 41 s after block 974,209. 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 2,848 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.50 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0254 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1504 BTC for this block.
Block 974,210 is number 483 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,533 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,790 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.