About block 974,926
Bitcoin block 974,926 was mined by SECPOOL on November 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC, 6 min 58 s after block 974,925. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,601 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 974,926 is number 1,199 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 817 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,074 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 315 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.