About block 974,878
Bitcoin block 974,878 was mined by ViaBTC on November 7, 2026 at 2:09 AM UTC, 9 min 36 s after block 974,877. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,563 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.25 sat/vB, down from 1.62 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 974,878 is number 1,151 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 865 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,122 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 103 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.