About block 974,597
Bitcoin block 974,597 was mined by MARA Pool on November 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM UTC, 1 min 19 s after block 974,596. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,228 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.11 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0032 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1282 BTC for this block.
Block 974,597 is number 870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,403 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. MARA Pool found 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.