About block 948,348
Bitcoin block 948,348 was mined by ViaBTC on May 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM UTC, 15 min 18 s after block 948,347. 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 3,345 transactions in 1.73 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 0.0377 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1627 BTC for this block.
Block 948,348 is number 829 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,187 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,652 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,599 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.