About block 948,629
Bitcoin block 948,629 was mined by ViaBTC on May 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC, 9 min 9 s after block 948,628. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,622 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0714 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1964 BTC for this block.
Block 948,629 is number 1,110 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 906 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,371 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,292 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.