About block 940,005
Bitcoin block 940,005 was mined by ViaBTC on March 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM UTC, 3 min 43 s after block 940,004. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,451 transactions in 1.14 MB (71.2% 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 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 940,005 is number 550 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,466 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,995 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 36,017 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.