Bitcoin block 974961, mined by Antpool on November 8, contained 11,255 transactions — the second-highest transaction count in Bitcoin's history. The block fell just 984 transactions short of the all-time record of 12,239 set by F2pool in block 367853 on August 1, 2015. The block measured approximately 1.1 MB and utilized nearly 99.85% of the available block weight limit, yet total fees collected amounted to only about 0.002405 BTC. This marks the second time in recent days that a near-record transaction count has been achieved, as block 974557 on November 4 reached 10,573 transactions.