About block 948,843
Bitcoin block 948,843 was mined by MARA Pool on May 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC, 22 min 13 s after block 948,842. 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 3,537 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 948,843 is number 1,324 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 692 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,157 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,045 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.