About block 948,146
Bitcoin block 948,146 was mined by Public Pool on May 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM UTC, 16 min 51 s after block 948,145. 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 2,768 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Public Pool earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 948,146 is number 627 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,389 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,854 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Public Pool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,820 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.