About block 974,609
Bitcoin block 974,609 was mined by ViaBTC on November 5, 2026 at 1:29 AM UTC, 18 min 48 s after block 974,608. 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 4,139 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 974,609 is number 882 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,134 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,391 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 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.