About block 948,653
Bitcoin block 948,653 was mined by CloverPool on May 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM UTC, 1 min 4 s after block 948,652. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,279 transactions in 1.93 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 7.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0543 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, CloverPool earned 3.1793 BTC for this block.
Block 948,653 is number 1,134 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 882 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,347 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. CloverPool found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,261 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.