About block 948,779
Bitcoin block 948,779 was mined by ViaBTC on May 10, 2026 at 1:35 PM UTC, 9 min 44 s after block 948,778. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,887 transactions in 0.95 MB (57.6% 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 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 948,779 is number 1,260 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 756 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,221 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 27,121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.