About block 948,359
Bitcoin block 948,359 was mined by SECPOOL on May 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM UTC, 9 min 56 s after block 948,358. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,161 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 948,359 is number 840 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,176 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,641 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 27,588 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.