About block 974,078
Bitcoin block 974,078 was mined by F2Pool on November 1, 2026 at 4:14 AM UTC, 0 seconds after block 974,077. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,946 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0014 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1264 BTC for this block.
Block 974,078 is number 351 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,665 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,922 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 5 confirmations.