About block 948,496
Bitcoin block 948,496 was mined by F2Pool on May 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM UTC, 5 min 44 s after block 948,495. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,601 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0163 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1413 BTC for this block.
Block 948,496 is number 977 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,039 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,504 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. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,432 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.