About block 974,806
Bitcoin block 974,806 was mined by Foundry USA on November 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM UTC, 7 min 59 s after block 974,805. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,735 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.31 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 974,806 is number 1,079 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 937 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,194 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Foundry USA found 251 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.