About block 974,422
Bitcoin block 974,422 was mined by F2Pool on November 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM UTC, 3 min 53 s after block 974,421. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,303 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, down from 3.75 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 974,422 is number 695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,578 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.