About block 974,567
Bitcoin block 974,567 was mined by AntPool on November 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM UTC, 7 min 8 s after block 974,566. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,768 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.18 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 974,567 is number 840 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,176 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,433 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.