About block 974,489
Bitcoin block 974,489 was mined by F2Pool on November 4, 2026 at 5:41 AM UTC, 1 min 31 s after block 974,488. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,975 transactions in 2.07 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.11 sat/vB, down from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0028 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1278 BTC for this block.
Block 974,489 is number 762 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,254 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,511 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.