About block 974,961
Bitcoin block 974,961 was mined by AntPool on November 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM UTC, 5 min 58 s after block 974,960. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 11,255 transactions in 1.10 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, down from 1.09 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0024 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1274 BTC for this block.
Block 974,961 is number 1,234 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 782 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,039 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 277 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.