About block 974,152
Bitcoin block 974,152 was mined by F2Pool on November 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM UTC, 3 min 30 s after block 974,151. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,058 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 974,152 is number 425 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,591 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,848 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.