About block 974,491
Bitcoin block 974,491 was mined by Luxor on November 4, 2026 at 6:13 AM UTC, 10 min 9 s after block 974,490. 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 5,113 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.62 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 974,491 is number 764 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,252 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,509 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. Luxor found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.