About block 974,260
Bitcoin block 974,260 was mined by OCEAN on November 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM UTC, 3 min 38 s after block 974,259. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,156 transactions in 0.79 MB (43.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0120 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1370 BTC for this block.
Block 974,260 is number 533 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,483 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,740 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. OCEAN found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.