About block 948,075
Bitcoin block 948,075 was mined by MARA Pool on May 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM UTC, 1 min 50 s after block 948,074. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,337 transactions in 1.85 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 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 948,075 is number 556 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,460 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,925 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. MARA Pool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,896 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.