About block 974,428
Bitcoin block 974,428 was mined by SECPOOL on November 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM UTC, 9 min 52 s after block 974,427. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,920 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0182 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1432 BTC for this block.
Block 974,428 is number 701 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,315 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,572 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.