About block 938,431
Bitcoin block 938,431 was mined by ViaBTC on February 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM UTC, 2 min 12 s after block 938,430. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,201 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 938,431 is number 992 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,024 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,569 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 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,433 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.