About block 948,931
Bitcoin block 948,931 was mined by AntPool on May 11, 2026 at 11:38 AM UTC, 0 seconds after block 948,930. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,991 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 948,931 is number 1,412 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 604 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,069 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. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,945 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.