About block 974,980
Bitcoin block 974,980 was mined by TrustPool on November 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM UTC, 19 min 21 s after block 974,979. 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 2,855 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.50 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0342 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, TrustPool earned 3.1592 BTC for this block.
Block 974,980 is number 1,253 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 763 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,020 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. TrustPool found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 253 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.