About block 948,593
Bitcoin block 948,593 was mined by MARA Pool on May 9, 2026 at 9:43 AM UTC, 42 min 50 s after block 948,592. 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 5,368 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0869 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2119 BTC for this block.
Block 948,593 is number 1,074 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 942 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,407 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. MARA Pool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,331 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.