About block 974,505
Bitcoin block 974,505 was mined by F2Pool on November 4, 2026 at 8:08 AM UTC, 8 min 15 s after block 974,504. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,714 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.19 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 974,505 is number 778 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,238 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,495 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.