About block 948,798
Bitcoin block 948,798 was mined by ViaBTC on May 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM UTC, 4 min 56 s after block 948,797. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,198 transactions in 0.96 MB (61.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 948,798 is number 1,279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,202 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 27,097 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.