About block 974,468
Bitcoin block 974,468 was mined by SECPOOL on November 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM UTC, 14 min 3 s after block 974,467. 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 3,548 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, down from 3.63 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1522 BTC for this block.
Block 974,468 is number 741 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,275 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,532 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.