Bitcoin Block Packs 11,255 Transactions Nearing Record but Yields Only $180 in Fees

Bitcoin block 974,961 processed 11,255 transactions, marking the second-highest transaction count in network history while yielding only 240,533 satoshis, or about $180, in transaction fees. Mined by Antpool on November 7, 2026, the block trailed only the 12,239-transaction record set in August 2015. Despite utilizing 99.85% of Bitcoin's maximum block weight, the block's transactions generated just 0.002405 BTC in fees alongside the fixed 3.125 BTC block reward, as roughly 10,585 compact transactions paid less than 1 satoshi per virtual byte.