About block 948,230
Bitcoin block 948,230 was mined by Binance Pool on May 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM UTC, 8 min 14 s after block 948,229. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,651 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0154 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1404 BTC for this block.
Block 948,230 is number 711 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,305 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,770 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 27,731 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.