About block 974,070
Bitcoin block 974,070 was mined by F2Pool on November 1, 2026 at 3:17 AM UTC, 17 min 48 s after block 974,069. 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 2,658 transactions in 1.95 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 974,070 is number 343 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,673 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,930 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.