About block 974,520
Bitcoin block 974,520 was mined by MARA Pool on November 4, 2026 at 11:20 AM UTC, 27 min 22 s after block 974,519. 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 3,637 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.17 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0503 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1753 BTC for this block.
Block 974,520 is number 793 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,223 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,480 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. MARA Pool found 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.