About block 948,444
Bitcoin block 948,444 was mined by F2Pool on May 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM UTC, 26 min 47 s after block 948,443. 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 4,338 transactions in 1.63 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 948,444 is number 925 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,091 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,556 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. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,490 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.