About block 948,175
Bitcoin block 948,175 was mined by AntPool on May 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC, 8 min 42 s after block 948,174. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,919 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0309 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1559 BTC for this block.
Block 948,175 is number 656 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,360 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,825 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. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,790 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.