About block 938,254
Bitcoin block 938,254 was mined by ViaBTC on February 25, 2026 at 8:26 AM UTC, 9 min 25 s after block 938,253. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 913 transactions in 1.14 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0505 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1755 BTC for this block.
Block 938,254 is number 815 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,201 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,746 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 37,457 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.