About block 948,640
Bitcoin block 948,640 was mined by SECPOOL on May 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM UTC, 1 min 32 s after block 948,639. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,767 transactions in 1.95 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0559 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1809 BTC for this block.
Block 948,640 is number 1,121 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 895 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,360 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,278 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.