About block 974,573
Bitcoin block 974,573 was mined by F2Pool on November 4, 2026 at 7:47 PM UTC, 3 min 4 s after block 974,572. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,593 transactions in 1.89 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.11 sat/vB, up from 0.11 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 974,573 is number 846 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,170 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,427 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.