About block 948,298
Bitcoin block 948,298 was mined by F2Pool on May 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM UTC, 3 min 34 s after block 948,297. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,514 transactions in 1.60 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 948,298 is number 779 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,237 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,702 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. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,656 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.