About block 948,839
Bitcoin block 948,839 was mined by ViaBTC on May 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM UTC, 9 min 14 s after block 948,838. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,525 transactions in 0.69 MB (43.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 948,839 is number 1,320 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 696 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,161 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 27,053 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.