About block 974,559
Bitcoin block 974,559 was mined by SpiderPool on November 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM UTC, 8 min 8 s after block 974,558. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,974 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.11 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 974,559 is number 832 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,184 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,441 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. SpiderPool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.