About block 948,186
Bitcoin block 948,186 was mined by ViaBTC on May 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM UTC, 24 min 45 s after block 948,185. 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 4,064 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0516 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1766 BTC for this block.
Block 948,186 is number 667 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,349 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,814 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 27,778 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.