About block 974,717
Bitcoin block 974,717 was mined by F2Pool on November 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM UTC, 1 min 56 s after block 974,716. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,315 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 974,717 is number 990 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,026 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,283 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 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.