About block 948,161
Bitcoin block 948,161 was mined by MARA Pool on May 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM UTC, 8 min 31 s after block 948,160. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,744 transactions in 1.70 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 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 948,161 is number 642 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,374 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,839 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,805 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.