About block 974,516
Bitcoin block 974,516 was mined by AntPool on November 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC, 20 min 14 s after block 974,515. 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 3,078 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.11 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0293 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1543 BTC for this block.
Block 974,516 is number 789 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,227 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,484 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.