About block 948,573
Bitcoin block 948,573 was mined by MARA Pool on May 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM UTC, 22 min 33 s after block 948,572. 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 5,401 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0642 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1892 BTC for this block.
Block 948,573 is number 1,054 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 962 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,427 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 27,352 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.