About block 974,802
Bitcoin block 974,802 was mined by AntPool on November 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM UTC, 3 min 36 s after block 974,801. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 881 transactions in 3.01 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 974,802 is number 1,075 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 941 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,198 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.