About block 974,240
Bitcoin block 974,240 was mined by AntPool on November 2, 2026 at 9:38 AM UTC, 0 seconds after block 974,239. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 166 transactions in 3.92 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0017 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1267 BTC for this block.
Block 974,240 is number 513 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,503 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,760 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.