About block 948,748
Bitcoin block 948,748 was mined by ViaBTC on May 10, 2026 at 7:57 AM UTC, 13 min 4 s after block 948,747. 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 1,806 transactions in 1.05 MB (65.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 948,748 is number 1,229 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 787 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,252 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 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,154 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.