About block 948,251
Bitcoin block 948,251 was mined by AntPool on May 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM UTC, 3 min 31 s after block 948,250. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,665 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0072 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1322 BTC for this block.
Block 948,251 is number 732 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,284 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,749 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 27,709 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.