About block 948,466
Bitcoin block 948,466 was mined by OCEAN on May 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM UTC, 17 min 54 s after block 948,465. 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 3,603 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.5% 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 0.0338 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1588 BTC for this block.
Block 948,466 is number 947 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,069 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,534 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. OCEAN found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,467 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.