About block 974,760
Bitcoin block 974,760 was mined by SpiderPool on November 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM UTC, 34 min 23 s after block 974,759. 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 2,232 transactions in 1.35 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.01 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0550 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1800 BTC for this block.
Block 974,760 is number 1,033 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 983 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,240 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.