About block 938,648
Bitcoin block 938,648 was mined by ViaBTC on February 28, 2026 at 1:52 AM UTC, 29 min 37 s after block 938,647. 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 3,570 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0328 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1578 BTC for this block.
Block 938,648 is number 1,209 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 807 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,352 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 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,250 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.