About block 974,899
Bitcoin block 974,899 was mined by ViaBTC on November 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC, 3 min 32 s after block 974,898. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 9,447 transactions in 1.16 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.12 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 974,899 is number 1,172 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 844 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 75,101 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 102 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.