About block 948,698
Bitcoin block 948,698 was mined by F2Pool on May 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM UTC, 46 min 38 s after block 948,697. 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 3,826 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0519 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1769 BTC for this block.
Block 948,698 is number 1,179 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 837 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,302 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,209 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.