About block 948,597
Bitcoin block 948,597 was mined by ViaBTC on May 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM UTC, 2 min 16 s after block 948,596. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,137 transactions in 1.97 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0414 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1664 BTC for this block.
Block 948,597 is number 1,078 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 938 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,403 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,327 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.