About block 974,033
Bitcoin block 974,033 was mined by Foundry USA on October 31, 2026 at 10:24 PM UTC, 5 min 0 s after block 974,032. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,530 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0051 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1301 BTC for this block.
Block 974,033 is number 306 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,710 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,967 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. Foundry USA found 270 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.