About block 974,589
Bitcoin block 974,589 was mined by F2Pool on November 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM UTC, 4 min 13 s after block 974,588. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,846 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.58 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0077 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1327 BTC for this block.
Block 974,589 is number 862 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,154 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,411 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.