About block 974,660
Bitcoin block 974,660 was mined by SpiderPool on November 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC, 7 min 22 s after block 974,659. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,650 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0284 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1534 BTC for this block.
Block 974,660 is number 933 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,083 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,340 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.