About block 948,554
Bitcoin block 948,554 was mined by AntPool on May 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM UTC, 17 min 54 s after block 948,553. 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 5,706 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0437 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1687 BTC for this block.
Block 948,554 is number 1,035 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 981 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,446 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,372 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.