About block 948,257
Bitcoin block 948,257 was mined by SpiderPool on May 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM UTC, 13 min 27 s after block 948,256. 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 4,950 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 948,257 is number 738 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,278 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,743 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,700 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.