About block 974,970
Bitcoin block 974,970 was mined by F2Pool on November 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC, 2 min 17 s after block 974,969. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,559 transactions in 1.33 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 974,970 is number 1,243 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 773 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,030 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 268 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.