About block 974,136
Bitcoin block 974,136 was mined by ViaBTC on November 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM UTC, 2 min 8 s after block 974,135. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,088 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 974,136 is number 409 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,607 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,864 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.