About block 948,086
Bitcoin block 948,086 was mined by SpiderPool on May 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTC, 17 min 42 s after block 948,085. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,839 transactions in 1.99 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 948,086 is number 567 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,449 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,914 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. SpiderPool found 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,884 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.