About block 974,236
Bitcoin block 974,236 was mined by F2Pool on November 2, 2026 at 9:20 AM UTC, 9 min 23 s after block 974,235. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,121 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 974,236 is number 509 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,507 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,764 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.