About block 948,045
Bitcoin block 948,045 was mined by SECPOOL on May 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM UTC, 2 min 27 s after block 948,044. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,360 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0074 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1324 BTC for this block.
Block 948,045 is number 526 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,490 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,955 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,928 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.