About block 948,217
Bitcoin block 948,217 was mined by AntPool on May 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM UTC, 16 min 25 s after block 948,216. 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 3,586 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 948,217 is number 698 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,318 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,783 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 27,744 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.