About block 948,656
Bitcoin block 948,656 was mined by Unknown on May 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC, 11 min 45 s after block 948,655. 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 5,329 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0658 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1908 BTC for this block.
Block 948,656 is number 1,137 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 879 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,344 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. Unknown found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,258 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.