About block 948,729
Bitcoin block 948,729 was mined by SpiderPool on May 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC, 16 seconds after block 948,728. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,891 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0033 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1283 BTC for this block.
Block 948,729 is number 1,210 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 806 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,271 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,177 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.