About block 948,582
Bitcoin block 948,582 was mined by SpiderPool on May 9, 2026 at 7:56 AM UTC, 8 seconds after block 948,581. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,520 transactions in 1.93 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 948,582 is number 1,063 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 953 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,418 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,342 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.