About block 974,453
Bitcoin block 974,453 was mined by ViaBTC on November 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC, 23 min 40 s after block 974,452. 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 2,780 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.21 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0371 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1621 BTC for this block.
Block 974,453 is number 726 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,290 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,547 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 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.