About block 948,371
Bitcoin block 948,371 was mined by ViaBTC on May 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC, 12 min 35 s after block 948,370. 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 2,619 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0229 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1479 BTC for this block.
Block 948,371 is number 852 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,164 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,629 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 27,576 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.