About block 948,915
Bitcoin block 948,915 was mined by MARA Pool on May 11, 2026 at 8:43 AM UTC, 15 min 37 s after block 948,914. 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 3,609 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% 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 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 948,915 is number 1,396 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 620 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,085 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,963 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.