About block 938,444
Bitcoin block 938,444 was mined by ViaBTC on February 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC, 1 min 36 s after block 938,443. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,285 transactions in 1.34 MB (78.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 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 938,444 is number 1,005 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,011 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,556 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 37,423 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.