About block 948,619
Bitcoin block 948,619 was mined by ViaBTC on May 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM UTC, 44 min 42 s after block 948,618. 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 4,688 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 11.00 sat/vB, up from 8.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1270 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2520 BTC for this block.
Block 948,619 is number 1,100 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 916 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,381 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 27,302 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.