About block 974,689
Bitcoin block 974,689 was mined by AntPool on November 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM UTC, 67 min 3 s after block 974,688. 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 3,767 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 12.00 sat/vB, up from 7.24 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1490 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2740 BTC for this block.
Block 974,689 is number 962 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,054 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,311 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.