About block 974,333
Bitcoin block 974,333 was mined by MARA Pool on November 3, 2026 at 2:25 AM UTC, 5 min 3 s after block 974,332. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,802 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0045 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1295 BTC for this block.
Block 974,333 is number 606 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,410 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,667 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. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.