About block 974,383
Bitcoin block 974,383 was mined by ViaBTC on November 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM UTC, 22 min 38 s after block 974,382. 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 2,876 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.05 sat/vB, down from 3.55 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0379 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1629 BTC for this block.
Block 974,383 is number 656 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,360 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,617 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 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.