About block 948,222
Bitcoin block 948,222 was mined by AntPool on May 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC, 23 min 12 s after block 948,221. 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 3,690 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0439 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1689 BTC for this block.
Block 948,222 is number 703 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,313 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,778 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 27,739 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.