About block 974,924
Bitcoin block 974,924 was mined by AntPool on November 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTC, 2 min 2 s after block 974,923. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 8,587 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, down from 0.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0038 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1288 BTC for this block.
Block 974,924 is number 1,197 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 819 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,076 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 317 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.