About block 974,638
Bitcoin block 974,638 was mined by F2Pool on November 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM UTC, 1 min 36 s after block 974,637. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,267 transactions in 3.31 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0044 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1294 BTC for this block.
Block 974,638 is number 911 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,105 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,362 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.