About block 948,673
Bitcoin block 948,673 was mined by ViaBTC on May 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTC, 8 min 14 s after block 948,672. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,298 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 948,673 is number 1,154 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 862 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,327 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 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,238 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.