About block 948,686
Bitcoin block 948,686 was mined by ViaBTC on May 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM UTC, 20 min 41 s after block 948,685. 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 3,300 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 948,686 is number 1,167 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 849 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,314 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 27,224 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.