About block 948,384
Bitcoin block 948,384 was mined by SpiderPool on May 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM UTC, 19 min 40 s after block 948,383. 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 4,037 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 948,384 is number 865 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,151 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,616 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,561 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.