About block 948,572
Bitcoin block 948,572 was mined by SpiderPool on May 9, 2026 at 7:13 AM UTC, 25 min 47 s after block 948,571. 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 5,351 transactions in 1.77 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 0.0541 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1791 BTC for this block.
Block 948,572 is number 1,053 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 963 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,428 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,353 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.