About block 948,153
Bitcoin block 948,153 was mined by OCEAN on May 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC, 5 min 48 s after block 948,152. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,549 transactions in 0.57 MB (35.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 948,153 is number 634 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,382 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,847 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. OCEAN found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,813 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.