About block 948,439
Bitcoin block 948,439 was mined by ViaBTC on May 8, 2026 at 9:19 AM UTC, 27 min 44 s after block 948,438. 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 3,884 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0390 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1640 BTC for this block.
Block 948,439 is number 920 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,096 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,561 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 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,500 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.