About block 948,487
Bitcoin block 948,487 was mined by SpiderPool on May 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM UTC, 9 min 44 s after block 948,486. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,967 transactions in 1.85 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0244 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1494 BTC for this block.
Block 948,487 is number 968 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,048 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,513 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,441 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.