About block 948,543
Bitcoin block 948,543 was mined by MARA Pool on May 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM UTC, 9 min 57 s after block 948,542. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,807 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% 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 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 948,543 is number 1,024 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 992 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,457 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,384 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.