About block 974,863
Bitcoin block 974,863 was mined by SECPOOL on November 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC, 17 min 37 s after block 974,862. 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 2,825 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.71 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0378 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1628 BTC for this block.
Block 974,863 is number 1,136 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 880 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,137 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.