About block 974,967
Bitcoin block 974,967 was mined by F2Pool on November 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM UTC, 6 min 52 s after block 974,966. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,505 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.10 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 974,967 is number 1,240 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 776 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,033 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 271 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.