About block 948,128
Bitcoin block 948,128 was mined by AntPool on May 6, 2026 at 6:43 AM UTC, 3 min 23 s after block 948,127. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,312 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% 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 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 948,128 is number 609 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,407 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,872 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 27,840 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.