About block 948,742
Bitcoin block 948,742 was mined by F2Pool on May 10, 2026 at 7:03 AM UTC, 25 seconds after block 948,741. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,979 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0040 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1290 BTC for this block.
Block 948,742 is number 1,223 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 793 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,258 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,160 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.