ViaBTC mining statistics connect pool hashrate, network difficulty, block height, discovery time, runtime, reward, confirmation status, luck, and orphan records. A recent BTC statistics page showed 52,780 total pool blocks, 19 orphan blocks, and a 0.03% orphan rate, while individual block runtimes ranged from 4 minutes 45 seconds to 5 hours 6 minutes 39 seconds. Luck figures were reported across 3-day, 7-day, 30-day, and lifetime periods, allowing short and long samples to be compared. This structure helps miners distinguish normal probability-driven variation from changes in hashrate, block frequency, confirmation, or reward accounting.
ViaBTC starts block-production measurement with pool hashrate because a block count has little meaning without knowing how much computing power produced it. A recent 2026 ViaBTC snapshot reported about 98.79 EH/s of pool hashrate against roughly 938.03 EH/s for the Bitcoin network, giving the pool a little over 10% of network computing power at that moment. A pool holding that share should statistically find about 10% of Bitcoin blocks over a long enough sample, but a one-day sample can differ widely because every block is a separate probability event.
That statistical relationship becomes easier to read when pool hashrate is placed beside network difficulty. Difficulty changes the amount of work required to find a valid Bitcoin block, so a miner cannot compare block counts from 2024, 2025, and 2026 without checking the network conditions in each period. ViaBTC also publishes current difficulty and estimated difficulty information alongside mining statistics, giving users a reference for interpreting production across changing network conditions.
A pool may have stable hashrate while its block count changes sharply from one day to the next; probability, not a fixed schedule, controls block discovery.
The block table adds a time sequence to the aggregate figures. In the latest ViaBTC BTC sample, entries included heights 965268, 965273, 965274, 965306, 965313, 965322, 965346, and 965381. The recorded runtimes ranged from 4 minutes 45 seconds to 5 hours 6 minutes 39 seconds, while listed rewards were around 3.13–3.17 BTC.
| Statistic | Example from ViaBTC BTC data | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Total blocks | 52,780 | Historical pool production |
| Orphan blocks | 19 | Blocks not retained on the main chain |
| Orphan rate | 0.03% | Share of recorded blocks that became orphaned |
| 3-day luck | 98.44% | Recent production versus expectation |
| 30-day luck | 92.02% | Longer production sample |
| Total luck | 99.73% | Cumulative statistical result |
These values become more useful when read together rather than separately. The 0.03% orphan rate, for instance, describes the outcome of 19 orphan blocks among 52,780 recorded blocks; it does not describe rejected shares or miner-side network quality. Luck percentages describe block-finding results, while orphan rate describes what happened after a pool found a block candidate. The two metrics answer different questions.
Runtime is another direct measure of production frequency. ViaBTC recorded one BTC block at height 965274 after only 4 minutes 45 seconds, with a displayed luck figure of 2,554.37%. Another block, height 965381, took 5 hours 6 minutes 39 seconds and showed 30.46% luck. Both observations occurred on September 3, 2026, illustrating how widely block intervals can vary within a single date.
The large difference does not show that mining hardware suddenly became 10 or 20 times faster. It reflects the random timing of valid solutions. ViaBTC explains that pool luck compares expected block discovery with actual discovery, with 100% used as the normal reference level in its explanation. A short interval can produce a value far above 100%, while a long interval can produce a value far below it.
A 2,554.37% block-level luck reading is an observation about one unusually fast discovery, not a forecast for the next block.
For that reason, ViaBTC reports several luck windows instead of relying on one percentage. The current BTC page showed 98.44% for 3-day luck, 91.05% for 7-day luck, 92.02% for 30-day luck, and 99.73% for total luck. Comparing the four figures gives a wider sample than reading one day's result.
The same logic applies to pool block share. If a pool produces 10 blocks during a period in which the Bitcoin network produces 100, its observed block share is 10%. That does not prove that the pool had exactly 10% of network hashrate during every minute of that period. Short samples contain variance, and pool-hashrate estimates may use different windows from block-attribution data. ViaBTC noted in August 2026 that a one-month hashrate-history observation placed its estimated network share at 7.72239% on August 31, with about 70.79 EH/s.
Shares create the accounting layer underneath the block table. Connected ASICs submit valid shares to the pool at a much lower difficulty than the Bitcoin network target. Most submitted shares never become Bitcoin blocks. A very small subset also satisfies the network target and can produce a block credited to the pool. The pool can therefore estimate miner contribution from a much larger sample of shares than the small number of actual Bitcoin blocks. ViaBTC describes this process as the basis for measuring contributed hashrate and allocating rewards.
This distinction matters for payout calculations. ViaBTC currently supports PPS+ and PPLNS, with PPS+ set as the default method. Under its published terms, the PPS component carries a 4% fee, while the PPLNS transaction-fee component carries a 2% fee; PPLNS uses the miner's share of pool hashrate over the previous 5 difficulty rounds after a block reaches 6 confirmations.
For miners comparing operating costs, the published ViaBTC Pool Fees should be read alongside the block statistics rather than separately. A pool may show 99% luck and strong block production while two miners receive different short-term payouts because they selected different settlement methods. PPS+ reduces direct exposure to block-finding variance for the block-reward portion, while PPLNS ties payment more closely to actual pool discoveries.
The confirmation stage adds another timing layer. ViaBTC states that its PPLNS distribution is calculated after a block receives 6 confirmations, using the relevant hashrate share from the previous 5 difficulty rounds. A newly recorded block and a fully settled reward are therefore separate events. This distinction becomes important when miners compare a block appearing on the statistics page with the time that BTC becomes part of an account balance.
Orphan statistics provide a separate production check. A pool can discover a valid block candidate, but that block may later lose the chain race and become orphaned. ViaBTC's current BTC statistics showed 19 orphan blocks from 52,780 total blocks, or 0.03%. A miner examining a production record can therefore compare gross discoveries with the portion that remained in the canonical chain.
19 orphan blocks out of 52,780 recorded blocks is a much narrower statistic than overall “block success”; it addresses chain acceptance after discovery.
The practical reading order can be kept simple:
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Check pool hashrate against network hashrate.
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Check difficulty for the same period.
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Review several block heights and runtimes rather than one block.
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Compare 3-day, 7-day, 30-day, and total luck.
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Check orphan count and orphan rate.
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Compare the observed production with the chosen payout method.
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Review the fee schedule and confirmation rules before comparing account income.
This approach also helps separate pool-level conditions from ASIC-level conditions. ViaBTC notes that pool hashrate and machine-side hashrate can differ because they are calculated from different samples and timing rules. Its 2026 guidance recommends looking at connection stability, rejected shares, worker status, and hashrate trends rather than treating one pool-side number as a complete machine diagnostic.
A block-production record also needs to be read with the calendar in mind. Bitcoin operates continuously, while difficulty changes at defined protocol intervals; ViaBTC's payout documentation, for example, refers to the previous 5 difficulty rounds for PPLNS calculations. Comparing a 24-hour result with a 30-day result without adjusting for the sample size can make normal statistical variance look much larger than it is. In 2026, the platform explicitly continued presenting 3-day, 7-day, 30-day, and lifetime luck windows for this reason.
The statistics also help explain why “more blocks” and “more income” are not interchangeable measures. A block can carry a different transaction-fee amount from another block; recent ViaBTC entries ranged from about 3.1324 BTC to 3.1741 BTC in the displayed sample. The payout method then determines how that production is allocated. A miner comparing two weeks should therefore record block count, total reward, hashrate, luck, fee treatment, and settlement timing rather than using block count alone.
For a longer assessment, a 30-day sample is more informative than a single day, while a full operational review should also include worker uptime and accepted versus rejected shares. ViaBTC's own 2026 guidance separates pool-wide block statistics from individual machine health and notes that short periods of above- or below-average luck are normal in probabilistic mining. A 92.02% 30-day luck figure should therefore be read as a recent statistical outcome, not as a permanent performance rating.