About block 974,722
Bitcoin block 974,722 was mined by F2Pool on November 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM UTC, 3 min 26 s after block 974,721. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,788 transactions in 2.28 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, down from 5.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 974,722 is number 995 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,021 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,278 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.