About block 948,814
Bitcoin block 948,814 was mined by SpiderPool on May 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM UTC, 2 min 22 s after block 948,813. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,599 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 948,814 is number 1,295 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 721 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,186 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,079 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.