About block 974,969
Bitcoin block 974,969 was mined by F2Pool on November 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM UTC, 18 min 54 s after block 974,968. 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 2,882 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0284 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1534 BTC for this block.
Block 974,969 is number 1,242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,031 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 269 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.