About block 948,404
Bitcoin block 948,404 was mined by MARA Pool on May 8, 2026 at 4:14 AM UTC, 18 min 4 s after block 948,403. 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 3,328 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 948,404 is number 885 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,131 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,596 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,540 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.