About block 974,497
Bitcoin block 974,497 was mined by Foundry USA on November 4, 2026 at 6:37 AM UTC, 1 min 32 s after block 974,496. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,365 transactions in 1.93 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.11 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0016 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1266 BTC for this block.
Block 974,497 is number 770 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,246 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,503 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. Foundry USA found 259 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.