About block 974,028
Bitcoin block 974,028 was mined by ViaBTC on October 31, 2026 at 9:58 PM UTC, 12 min 18 s after block 974,027. 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 2,702 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.62 sat/vB, down from 2.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0354 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1604 BTC for this block.
Block 974,028 is number 301 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,715 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,972 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.