About block 938,838
Bitcoin block 938,838 was mined by ViaBTC on March 1, 2026 at 7:52 AM UTC, 2 min 47 s after block 938,837. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 468 transactions in 0.27 MB (16.6% 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 0.0031 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1281 BTC for this block.
Block 938,838 is number 1,399 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 617 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,162 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,086 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.