About block 948,964
Bitcoin block 948,964 was mined by AntPool on May 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM UTC, 21 min 44 s after block 948,963. 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 3,851 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0436 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1686 BTC for this block.
Block 948,964 is number 1,445 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 571 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,036 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,907 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.