About block 948,942
Bitcoin block 948,942 was mined by ViaBTC on May 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM UTC, 8 min 9 s after block 948,941. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,568 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 948,942 is number 1,423 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 593 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,058 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 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,933 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.