About block 948,056
Bitcoin block 948,056 was mined by F2Pool on May 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM UTC, 4 min 52 s after block 948,055. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,905 transactions in 1.37 MB (100.0% 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 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 948,056 is number 537 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,479 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,944 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 22 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,915 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.