About block 948,494
Bitcoin block 948,494 was mined by AntPool on May 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM UTC, 4 min 27 s after block 948,493. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,203 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 948,494 is number 975 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,041 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,506 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. AntPool found 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,434 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.