About block 974,840
Bitcoin block 974,840 was mined by ViaBTC on November 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM UTC, 11 min 38 s after block 974,839. 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 2,585 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0365 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1615 BTC for this block.
Block 974,840 is number 1,113 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 903 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,160 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 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.