About block 974,540
Bitcoin block 974,540 was mined by AntPool on November 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC, 5 min 39 s after block 974,539. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,838 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.21 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 974,540 is number 813 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,203 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,460 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.