About block 974,379
Bitcoin block 974,379 was mined by SpiderPool on November 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM UTC, 17 min 18 s after block 974,378. 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 3,300 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.51 sat/vB, up from 1.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 974,379 is number 652 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,364 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,621 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.