About block 948,081
Bitcoin block 948,081 was mined by AntPool on May 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTC, 1 min 19 s after block 948,080. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,132 transactions in 1.81 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 0.0042 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1292 BTC for this block.
Block 948,081 is number 562 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,454 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,919 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,890 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.