About block 948,598
Bitcoin block 948,598 was mined by AntPool on May 9, 2026 at 9:56 AM UTC, 47 seconds after block 948,597. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,085 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0289 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1539 BTC for this block.
Block 948,598 is number 1,079 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 937 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,402 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,326 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.