About block 948,073
Bitcoin block 948,073 was mined by ViaBTC on May 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTC, 2 min 46 s after block 948,072. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,115 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 948,073 is number 554 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,462 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,927 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 27,898 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.