About block 948,697
Bitcoin block 948,697 was mined by SECPOOL on May 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTC, 1 min 45 s after block 948,696. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,837 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0057 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1307 BTC for this block.
Block 948,697 is number 1,178 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 838 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,303 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,210 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.