About block 948,085
Bitcoin block 948,085 was mined by ViaBTC on May 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC, 9 min 47 s after block 948,084. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,677 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% 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 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 948,085 is number 566 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,450 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,915 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 27,885 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.