About block 939,978
Bitcoin block 939,978 was mined by ViaBTC on March 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM UTC, 3 min 27 s after block 939,977. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 800 transactions in 0.55 MB (33.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 939,978 is number 523 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,493 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,022 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 36,044 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.