About block 948,498
Bitcoin block 948,498 was mined by AntPool on May 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC, 12 min 22 s after block 948,497. 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 4,084 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0301 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1551 BTC for this block.
Block 948,498 is number 979 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,037 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,502 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 27,430 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.