About block 974,972
Bitcoin block 974,972 was mined by F2Pool on November 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM UTC, 2 min 26 s after block 974,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 9,893 transactions in 1.23 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, up from 0.12 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0054 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1304 BTC for this block.
Block 974,972 is number 1,245 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 771 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,028 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 261 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.