About block 938,742
Bitcoin block 938,742 was mined by ViaBTC on February 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM UTC, 2 min 4 s after block 938,741. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,495 transactions in 0.81 MB (44.3% 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 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 938,742 is number 1,303 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 713 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,258 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 37,168 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.