About block 938,472
Bitcoin block 938,472 was mined by ViaBTC on February 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM UTC, 18 min 15 s after block 938,471. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,408 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0442 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1692 BTC for this block.
Block 938,472 is number 1,033 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 983 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,528 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 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,399 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.