About block 948,643
Bitcoin block 948,643 was mined by ViaBTC on May 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM UTC, 19 min 46 s after block 948,642. 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 4,555 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, up from 7.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0943 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2193 BTC for this block.
Block 948,643 is number 1,124 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 892 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,357 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 27,275 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.