About block 938,542
Bitcoin block 938,542 was mined by ViaBTC on February 27, 2026 at 5:56 AM UTC, 8 min 10 s after block 938,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,275 transactions in 0.77 MB (52.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 938,542 is number 1,103 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 913 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,458 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 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,340 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.