About block 948,077
Bitcoin block 948,077 was mined by ViaBTC on May 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM UTC, 5 min 58 s after block 948,076. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,506 transactions in 2.17 MB (97.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0182 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1432 BTC for this block.
Block 948,077 is number 558 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,458 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,923 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 27,894 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.