About block 948,616
Bitcoin block 948,616 was mined by AntPool on May 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM UTC, 15 min 8 s after block 948,615. 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 5,399 transactions in 1.77 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 0.0899 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2149 BTC for this block.
Block 948,616 is number 1,097 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 919 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,384 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,305 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.