About block 948,860
Bitcoin block 948,860 was mined by ViaBTC on May 11, 2026 at 1:41 AM UTC, 7 min 24 s after block 948,859. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 947 transactions in 0.39 MB (25.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 948,860 is number 1,341 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 675 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,140 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 27,027 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.