About block 948,235
Bitcoin block 948,235 was mined by Binance Pool on May 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM UTC, 39 min 43 s after block 948,234. 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 3,780 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0418 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1668 BTC for this block.
Block 948,235 is number 716 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,300 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,765 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 27,726 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.