About block 974,229
Bitcoin block 974,229 was mined by F2Pool on November 2, 2026 at 7:35 AM UTC, 18 min 49 s after block 974,228. 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 3,011 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.50 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 974,229 is number 502 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,514 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,771 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 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.