About block 948,224
Bitcoin block 948,224 was mined by Binance Pool on May 6, 2026 at 10:41 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 948,223. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,709 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0081 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1331 BTC for this block.
Block 948,224 is number 705 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,311 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,776 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. Binance Pool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,737 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.