About block 948,261
Bitcoin block 948,261 was mined by F2Pool on May 7, 2026 at 3:40 AM UTC, 2 min 51 s after block 948,260. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,046 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 948,261 is number 742 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,274 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,739 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,696 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.