About block 974,391
Bitcoin block 974,391 was mined by F2Pool on November 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM UTC, 5 min 12 s after block 974,390. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,239 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.82 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0434 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1684 BTC for this block.
Block 974,391 is number 664 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,352 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,609 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.