About block 974,513
Bitcoin block 974,513 was mined by AntPool on November 4, 2026 at 9:34 AM UTC, 9 min 27 s after block 974,512. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,053 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 1.10 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 974,513 is number 786 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,230 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,487 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 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.