About block 974,872
Bitcoin block 974,872 was mined by F2Pool on November 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM UTC, 19 min 22 s after block 974,871. 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 3,043 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.02 sat/vB, down from 3.60 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0361 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1611 BTC for this block.
Block 974,872 is number 1,145 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 871 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,128 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 179 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.