About block 974,825
Bitcoin block 974,825 was mined by F2Pool on November 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM UTC, 42 min 45 s after block 974,824. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,288 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.42 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0858 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.2108 BTC for this block.
Block 974,825 is number 1,098 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 918 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,175 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 178 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.