About block 974,889
Bitcoin block 974,889 was mined by SECPOOL on November 7, 2026 at 4:08 AM UTC, 2 min 8 s after block 974,888. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,905 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, down from 1.92 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0043 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1293 BTC for this block.
Block 974,889 is number 1,162 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 854 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,111 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.