About block 974,707
Bitcoin block 974,707 was mined by F2Pool on November 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC, 7 min 52 s after block 974,706. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,789 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.03 sat/vB, down from 2.38 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0350 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1600 BTC for this block.
Block 974,707 is number 980 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,036 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,293 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.