About block 938,602
Bitcoin block 938,602 was mined by ViaBTC on February 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM UTC, 6 min 19 s after block 938,601. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,405 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 938,602 is number 1,163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,398 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 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,290 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.