About block 948,231
Bitcoin block 948,231 was mined by AntPool on May 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC, 6 min 16 s after block 948,230. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,564 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 948,231 is number 712 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,304 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,769 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. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,730 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.