About block 938,146
Bitcoin block 938,146 was mined by ViaBTC on February 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM UTC, 3 min 53 s after block 938,145. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,709 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0175 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1425 BTC for this block.
Block 938,146 is number 707 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,309 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,854 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 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,558 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.