About block 948,275
Bitcoin block 948,275 was mined by MARA Pool on May 7, 2026 at 6:27 AM UTC, 19 min 49 s after block 948,274. 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 2,858 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 948,275 is number 756 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,260 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,725 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,681 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.