About block 948,381
Bitcoin block 948,381 was mined by AntPool on May 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC, 8 min 31 s after block 948,380. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,624 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 948,381 is number 862 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,154 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,619 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. AntPool found 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,565 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.