About block 938,697
Bitcoin block 938,697 was mined by ViaBTC on February 28, 2026 at 9:14 AM UTC, 3 min 42 s after block 938,696. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 645 transactions in 1.14 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 938,697 is number 1,258 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 758 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,303 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 37,205 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.