About block 948,373
Bitcoin block 948,373 was mined by WhitePool on May 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC, 13 min 25 s after block 948,372. 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 3,197 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 948,373 is number 854 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,162 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,627 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,573 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.