About block 948,123
Bitcoin block 948,123 was mined by Braiins Pool on May 6, 2026 at 5:41 AM UTC, 7 min 11 s after block 948,122. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,381 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 948,123 is number 604 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,412 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,877 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. Braiins Pool found 20 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,845 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.