About block 948,036
Bitcoin block 948,036 was mined by SpiderPool on May 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM UTC, 15 min 18 s after block 948,035. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,063 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0345 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1595 BTC for this block.
Block 948,036 is number 517 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,499 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,964 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. SpiderPool found 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,938 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.