About block 974,269
Bitcoin block 974,269 was mined by OCEAN on November 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 974,268. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,026 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0039 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1289 BTC for this block.
Block 974,269 is number 542 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,474 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,731 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. OCEAN found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.