About block 948,527
Bitcoin block 948,527 was mined by AntPool on May 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM UTC, 6 min 50 s after block 948,526. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,006 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 948,527 is number 1,008 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,008 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,473 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 27,400 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.