About block 948,741
Bitcoin block 948,741 was mined by AntPool on May 10, 2026 at 7:02 AM UTC, 1 min 42 s after block 948,740. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,930 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0037 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1287 BTC for this block.
Block 948,741 is number 1,222 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 794 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,259 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,161 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.