About block 974,986
Bitcoin block 974,986 was mined by F2Pool on November 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTC, 3 min 12 s after block 974,985. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,214 transactions in 1.37 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 2.22 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0075 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1325 BTC for this block.
Block 974,986 is number 1,259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,014 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 245 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.