About block 948,238
Bitcoin block 948,238 was mined by MARA Pool on May 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC, 4 min 53 s after block 948,237. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,030 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 948,238 is number 719 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,297 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,762 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,723 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.