About block 948,119
Bitcoin block 948,119 was mined by ViaBTC on May 6, 2026 at 4:48 AM UTC, 24 min 15 s after block 948,118. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,593 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 948,119 is number 600 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,416 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,881 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 27,849 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.