About block 948,685
Bitcoin block 948,685 was mined by AntPool on May 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM UTC, 3 min 34 s after block 948,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,686 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 948,685 is number 1,166 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 850 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,315 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,225 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.