About block 948,389
Bitcoin block 948,389 was mined by SECPOOL on May 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM UTC, 5 min 50 s after block 948,388. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,227 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 948,389 is number 870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,611 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,556 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.