About block 974,480
Bitcoin block 974,480 was mined by F2Pool on November 4, 2026 at 4:26 AM UTC, 6 min 48 s after block 974,479. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,729 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 974,480 is number 753 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,263 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,520 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.