About block 948,842
Bitcoin block 948,842 was mined by SpiderPool on May 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC, 18 min 44 s after block 948,841. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,683 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 948,842 is number 1,323 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 693 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,158 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 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,046 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.