About block 974,953
Bitcoin block 974,953 was mined by F2Pool on November 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC, 11 min 39 s after block 974,952. 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 2,619 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 974,953 is number 1,226 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 790 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,047 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 285 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.