About block 974,308
Bitcoin block 974,308 was mined by F2Pool on November 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC, 12 min 52 s after block 974,307. 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 5,922 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.73 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 974,308 is number 581 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,435 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,692 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.