About block 948,126
Bitcoin block 948,126 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 6, 2026 at 6:34 AM UTC, 42 min 14 s after block 948,125. 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 3,659 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0372 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1622 BTC for this block.
Block 948,126 is number 607 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,409 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,874 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,842 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.