About block 948,460
Bitcoin block 948,460 was mined by OCEAN on May 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM UTC, 8 seconds after block 948,459. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,120 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 948,460 is number 941 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,075 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,540 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. OCEAN found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,473 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.