About block 974,278
Bitcoin block 974,278 was mined by F2Pool on November 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM UTC, 12 min 5 s after block 974,277. 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 3,010 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 4.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0524 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1774 BTC for this block.
Block 974,278 is number 551 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,465 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,722 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.