About block 974,657
Bitcoin block 974,657 was mined by SpiderPool on November 5, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTC, 24 min 48 s after block 974,656. 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 4,095 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 4.23 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0478 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1728 BTC for this block.
Block 974,657 is number 930 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,086 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,343 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 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.