About block 948,267
Bitcoin block 948,267 was mined by SECPOOL on May 7, 2026 at 4:44 AM UTC, 24 min 5 s after block 948,266. 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 2,704 transactions in 1.43 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 948,267 is number 748 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,268 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,733 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,689 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.