About block 974,225
Bitcoin block 974,225 was mined by F2Pool on November 2, 2026 at 6:53 AM UTC, 4 min 36 s after block 974,224. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,233 transactions in 3.23 MB (99.9% 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 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 974,225 is number 498 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,518 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,775 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 160 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.