About block 948,847
Bitcoin block 948,847 was mined by ViaBTC on May 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC, 1 min 31 s after block 948,846. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 792 transactions in 0.87 MB (74.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 948,847 is number 1,328 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 688 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,153 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 27,041 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.