About block 974,023
Bitcoin block 974,023 was mined by F2Pool on October 31, 2026 at 8:39 PM UTC, 13 min 44 s after block 974,022. 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 5,251 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 974,023 is number 296 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,720 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,977 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.