About block 948,841
Bitcoin block 948,841 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM UTC, 5 min 43 s after block 948,840. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,012 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 948,841 is number 1,322 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 694 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,159 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,047 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.