About block 974,962
Bitcoin block 974,962 was mined by MARA Pool on November 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM UTC, 4 min 13 s after block 974,961. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,658 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 974,962 is number 1,235 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 781 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,038 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. MARA Pool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 276 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.