About block 974,029
Bitcoin block 974,029 was mined by ViaBTC on October 31, 2026 at 10:04 PM UTC, 6 min 18 s after block 974,028. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,136 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, down from 1.62 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 974,029 is number 302 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,714 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,971 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.