About block 948,336
Bitcoin block 948,336 was mined by AntPool on May 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM UTC, 19 min 0 s after block 948,335. 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 3,168 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0365 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1615 BTC for this block.
Block 948,336 is number 817 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,199 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,664 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. AntPool found 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,611 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.