About block 948,458
Bitcoin block 948,458 was mined by SBI Crypto on May 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC, 23 min 38 s after block 948,457. 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 3,949 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0414 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SBI Crypto earned 3.1664 BTC for this block.
Block 948,458 is number 939 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,077 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,542 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SBI Crypto found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,475 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.