About block 974,298
Bitcoin block 974,298 was mined by F2Pool on November 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM UTC, 3 min 8 s after block 974,297. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,781 transactions in 2.26 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0074 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1324 BTC for this block.
Block 974,298 is number 571 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,445 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,702 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.