About block 974,531
Bitcoin block 974,531 was mined by SECPOOL on November 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC, 33 min 17 s after block 974,530. 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 4,047 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.21 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0420 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1670 BTC for this block.
Block 974,531 is number 804 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,212 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,469 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.