About block 938,956
Bitcoin block 938,956 was mined by ViaBTC on March 2, 2026 at 5:00 AM UTC, 30 min 9 s after block 938,955. 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 2,769 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 938,956 is number 1,517 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 499 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,044 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,973 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.