About block 948,614
Bitcoin block 948,614 was mined by MARA Pool on May 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM UTC, 14 min 0 s after block 948,613. 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 5,333 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, up from 8.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0819 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2069 BTC for this block.
Block 948,614 is number 1,095 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 921 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,386 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 27,307 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.