About block 974,749
Bitcoin block 974,749 was mined by SECPOOL on November 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM UTC, 9 min 49 s after block 974,748. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,242 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.10 sat/vB, down from 2.50 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 974,749 is number 1,022 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,251 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.