About block 948,044
Bitcoin block 948,044 was mined by Binance Pool on May 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM UTC, 3 min 27 s after block 948,043. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,205 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% 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 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 948,044 is number 525 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,491 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,956 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. Binance Pool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,929 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.