About block 948,436
Bitcoin block 948,436 was mined by SpiderPool on May 8, 2026 at 8:35 AM UTC, 14 min 25 s after block 948,435. 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 2,881 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 948,436 is number 917 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,099 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,564 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,503 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.