About block 974,498
Bitcoin block 974,498 was mined by AntPool on November 4, 2026 at 6:42 AM UTC, 4 min 20 s after block 974,497. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,690 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, up from 0.11 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 974,498 is number 771 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,245 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,502 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.