About block 974,906
Bitcoin block 974,906 was mined by SpiderPool on November 7, 2026 at 8:12 AM UTC, 12 min 28 s after block 974,905. 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 3,863 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0326 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1576 BTC for this block.
Block 974,906 is number 1,179 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 837 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,094 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 70 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 339 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.