About block 974,463
Bitcoin block 974,463 was mined by OCEAN on November 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC, 7 min 52 s after block 974,462. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 652 transactions in 0.35 MB (20.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 974,463 is number 736 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,280 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,537 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.