About block 948,689
Bitcoin block 948,689 was mined by AntPool on May 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC, 29 min 50 s after block 948,688. 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 3,882 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0466 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1716 BTC for this block.
Block 948,689 is number 1,170 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 846 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,311 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 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,221 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.