About block 948,564
Bitcoin block 948,564 was mined by F2Pool on May 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 948,563. 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 5,446 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 948,564 is number 1,045 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 971 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,436 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 27,361 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.