About block 948,453
Bitcoin block 948,453 was mined by AntPool on May 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC, 20 min 58 s after block 948,452. 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 3,935 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 948,453 is number 934 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,082 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,547 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,481 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.