About block 948,601
Bitcoin block 948,601 was mined by SECPOOL on May 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC, 17 min 53 s after block 948,600. 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 5,611 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0643 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1893 BTC for this block.
Block 948,601 is number 1,082 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 934 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,399 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,321 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.