About block 948,508
Bitcoin block 948,508 was mined by F2Pool on May 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM UTC, 9 min 23 s after block 948,507. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,049 transactions in 1.52 MB (100.0% 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 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 948,508 is number 989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,027 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,492 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 27,420 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.